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THE  SOCIETY 


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PROPAGATING  THE  GOSPEL 


AMONG 


THE  INDIANS  AND  OTHERS  IN  NORTH  AMERICA, 


AT 


THEIR  ANNIVERSARY, 


NOV.  1,  1810. 


BY  JEDIDIAH  MORSE,  D.D. 

Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Charlestown. 


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PRINTED  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  OP  THE  SOCIETY, 

by  Saaud  T.  Annstrong,Cluurleito«Bk 
1810. 


AT  A  MEETING  OP  THE  SOCIETY,  NOV   1,  1810, 

VoTiD,  That  the  Rev.  |)r   Porter,  Rev    Mr    Ra  i  f.s.  ami  Daniei,  D. 

RooEHS,  Esq  be  a  committee  to  present  the  thnnks  of  the  Suuiity  to  the  Rev. 
Or.  MoRse  for  his  sermon,  delivered  before  them  this  day,  iiiiii  to  request  a 
oopy  of  it  for  the  press,  to  be  printed  for  the  benefit  of  the  Society 

ARIEL  HOLMES,  Seoreury. 


9ISTRICT   OF   MASSACHUSETTS;   TO   WIY: 

BE  IT  REMEMBERED,  that  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  November,  AD.  1810. 
and  in  the  thirty  fdth  Yearof  the  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  Aivii  'ca, 
Samuel  H.  Walley,  Treasurer  or  the  Sociei  v  for  propaca  r- 
iN<i  rME  Gospel  amono  the  Indians  and  others  in  Nou  i  h  \  mer- 
ICA,  and  on  their  behalf,  of  the  said  District,  has  deposited  in  this  Oflice  tho  I  itie 
of  a  Book,  the  Right  whereof  he  claims  as  Proprietor  in  the  Words  following;,  to 
rtnt:  Sigiis  of  the  Times  Jl  Sermon,  preached  bff'ore  the  Society  for  />r'jfjui;at- 
in§'  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians  and  others  iii'.\orih  America,  at  their  iimi- 
ver»artf,Ho\.  1,1810.  By  Jedidiah  Morse,  D.D  Pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  in  tJharlestown. 

In  conformity  to  the  Act  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  intitted,  "An 
Act  for  the  Encouragement  of  Learning,  by  securiiiprtbe  Copies  of  M(»i)s,  Charts, 
and  Books,  to  the  Authors  and  Proprietors  of  suuli  Copies,  during  the  times 
therein  mentioned;'*  and  also  to  an  Act  intitled,  "An  Act  supplen.entary  to  an 
Act,  intitled.  An  Act  for  the  Encouragement  of  Learning,  by  securing  the  Cop. 
ies  of  Maps,  Charts,  and  Books,  to  the  Authors  and  Proprietors  of  such  Coiiies 
during  the  times  therein  mentioned;  and  extending  the  Benefits  thereof  to  the 
Arts  of  Oesigoiog,  Engraving,  and  Etching  Historical  and  other  Prints.'' 

WM.  S.  SHAW, 

Clerk  of  the  District  of  Masaachutettt. 


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SERMON. 


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DANIEL  xii.  4,  10. 

■  UT  THOU,  OH  DANIEL,  SHUT  UP  THE  WORDS  AND  SEAL  THE 
DOOR,  EVEN  TO  THE  TIME  OF  THE  END;  MANY  SHALL  RUN 
TO  AND  FRO,  AND  KNOWLEDGE  SHALL  BE  INCREASED. 

MANY  SHALL  BE  PURIFIED  AND  MADE  WHITE,  AND  TRIES; 
BUT  THF.  WICKED  SHALL  DO  WICKEDLY;  AND  NONE  OF  THE 
WICKED  SHALL  UNDERSTAND;  BUT  THE  WISE  SHALL  UN- 
DERSTAND. 


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OUR  blessed  Lord  once  addressed  the  Pharisees 
and  Sadducees,  in  a  way  of  keen  reproof  for  their 
criminal  inattention  to  events  which  were  mani- 
festly fulfilling  most  important  prophecies,  in  the 
following  langnage;  "When  it  is  evening,  ye  say, 
it  will  be  fair  weather;  for  the  sky  is  red.  And  in 
the  morning,  It  will  be  foul  weather  to-day;  for  the 
sky  is  red  and  lowering.  Oh  ye  hypocrites,  ye  can 
discern  the  face  of  the  s'vv,  but  can  ye  not  discern 
the  signs  of  the  times?"  DaniePs  seventy  weeks* 
were  then  nearly  completed.  The  sceptre  was  de- 
parting from  Judah;  Elias  had  already  come  in  the 
person  of  John  Baptist,  as  the  forerunner  of  the 
Messiah;  the  numerous  prophecies  relating  to  his 

*  Dan.  iz.  24. 


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character,  doctrine,  and  miracles,  were  visibly  fulfil- 
ling, and  a  general  expectation  of  his  coming  prevail- 
ed over  the  world.  Had  these  Pharisees  and  Sad- 
ducees  taken  due  pains  to  acquaint  themselves 
with  these  prophecies,  and  with  the  singular  events, 
which  were  accomplishing  them;  had  they  been  as 
attentive  to  these  "signs  of  the  times,"  as  to  the 
signs  of  the  weather,  they  might  easily  have  perceiv- 
ed that  these  were  the  times  of  their  expected  Mes- 
siah, and  that  their  nation  was  shortly  to  be  given 
up  to  awful  punishments  for  rejecting  him. 


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"That,  which  hath  been,  is  now;  and  that,  which 
is  to  be,  hath  already  been."*  "Is  there  any  thing 
whereof  it  may  be  said,  See,  this  is  new?  it  hath  been 
already  of  old  time,  which  was  before  us."t  Arc 
there  not  many  of  the  present  generation  of  men, 
who  resemble  these  ancient  Pharisees  and  Saddu- 
cees?  They  can  "discern  the  face  of  the  sky;"  they 
are  wise  to  prognosticate  the  course  of  events  with 
respect  to  political  and  commercial  affairs;  but  they 
"discern  not  the  signs  of  the  times;"  they  are  crim- 
inally ignorant  of  the  Scripture  prophecies,  which  re- 
late to  the  present  period,  and  inattentive  to  events, 
which  are  remarkably  fulfilling  them.  But  this, 
however,  sllould  not  surprise  us;  since  the  prophet 
has  given  us  warning,  that  at  this  period  "the  wicked 
shall  do  wickedly:  and  none  of  the  wicked  shall  un- 
derstand." 


*  Ecclea.  iii.  15. 


t  Ch.i.  10. 


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The  verses  of  the  text  may  with  propriety  be 
read  in  connexion.  The  intervening  passage  is  a 
digression,  and  may  be  included  in  a  parenthesis. 
The  import  of  the  verses  thus  connected,  is  this;  that 
"many  shall  run  to  and  fro,  and  knowledge  shall  be 
increased;"  and  that  the  effect  of  this  increase  of 
knowledge,  in  conjunction  with  other  causes,  will 
be,  that  "many  shall  be  purified,  and  made  white, 
and  tried." 


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The  person,  who  addressed  Daniel  in  this  proph- 
ecy, and  directed  him  to  "shut  up  the  words,  and 
seal  the  book  to  the  time  of  the  end,"  was  none 
other  than  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  In  the  tenth 
chapter  of  this  prophecy,*  a  more  particular  ac- 
count of  this  personage  is  given.  "Then  I  lifted 
up  mine  eyes  and  looked,  and  behold  a  certain  man 
clothed  in  linen,  whose  loins  were  girded  with  fine 
gold  of  Uphaz;  his  body  also  was  like  the  beryl,  and 
his  face  as  the  appearance  of  lightning,  and  his  eyes 
as  lamps  of  fire,  and  his  arms  and  his  feet  like  in  color 
to  polished  brass,  and  the  voice  of  his  words  like  the 
voice  of  a  multitude."  Any  one,  who  will  take  the 
pains  to  compare  this  description  with  that,  which  St. 
John,  in  the  Revelation,!  gives  of  Jesus  Christ,  must 
be  convinced,  that  the  personage  here  described,  who 
is  the  same,  that  addresses  the  prophet  in  the  text, 
can  be  no  other,  than  the  Son  of  God.  This  might 
be  farther  confirmed  by  a  comparison  of  Daniel  xii. 


•  V.  5.  6. 


t  Rev.  i.  13—20. 


6 

5,  6,  7.  with  Rev.  x.  2.  G.  in  both  which  places  the 
personage,  alhidcd  to  and  described  in  the  text,  is 
"  represented,  as  setting  his  right  foot  on  tlie  sea, 
and  his  lefl  upon  the  land,  as  Sovereign  Lord  of  both 
elements."* 

The  prophecy  under  consideration,  which  was 
dictated  by  "Him  that  is  true,"t  describes  events, 
which  were  to  happen  in  the  last  times,  or  "in  the 
time  of  the  end,"  and  must  of  course  remain  ob- 
scure, till  the  events  predicted  shall  be  about  to  hap- 
pen, or  be  actually  passing  in  view  of  the  then  exist- 
ing generation. 

The  prophecy  in  the  text  is  then  yet  to  be  fulfilled; 
or,  perhaps  to  speak  more  correctly,  is  fulfilling  by  the 
events  of  the  present  times.  This  appears  from  the 
prophecies  connected  with  the  text.  The  victories 
of  Mahomet,  or  the  rise  and  establishment  of  his  do- 
minion, and  also  the  destruction  of  his  power,  seem 
plainly  foretold  and  described  in  the  five  last  verses 
of  the  chapter  preceding  the  text.J  "And  at  the 
time  of  the  end,"  i.e.  of  the  prosperity  of  the  Roman 
empire,  "the  king  of  the  south,"  meaning  Mahomet, 
"shall  push  at  him:  and  the  king  of  the  north,"  the 
Turks  from  Scythia,^  "shall  come  against  him  like  a 
whirlwind,  with  chariots  and  with  horsemen,  and 
with  many  ships,  and  he  shall  enter  into  the  coun- 

•  Lowth.  t  Wev.  iii.  7.  t  Dan.  xi.  40  to  the  end. 

$  Newton. 


tries,  and  shall  overflow,  and  pass  over.  He  shall 
enter  also  into  the  glorious  land,  and  many  countries 
shall  be  overthrown;  but  these  shall  escape  out  of  his 
hands,  even  Edom  and  Moab,  and  the  chief  of  the 
children  of  Amnion."  It  is  remarkable,  that  while 
the  Turks  from  the  north  overran  Syria,  Palestine, 
and  the  other  neighboring  countries,  Edom,  Moab, 
and  Ammon  escaped,  and  have  never  been  conquered 
by  any  nation;  and  their  inhabitants,  the  Arabs,  to 
tills  dav,  receive  an  annual  tribute  from  the  Ottoman 
emjKTors,  for  the  safe  passage  of  their  pilgrims  and 
caravans  to  Mecca.  "He,"  meaning  the  Turkish 
emperors,  continues  the  prophet,  "shall  stretch  for^h 
his  hand  also  upon  the  countries,  and  the  land  of 
Egypt  shall  not  escape.  But  he  shall  have  power 
over  the  treasures  of  gold  and  of  silver,  and  over  all 
the  precious  things  of  Egypt,  and  the  Lybians  and 
Ethiopians  shall  be  at  his  steps."  These  prophecies 
have  all  been  literally  fulfilled.  Egypt,  with  her  im- 
mense treasures,  Lybia  and  Ethiopia,  embracing  the 
northern  parts  of  Africa,  fell  under  the  dominion  of 
the  Turks,  and  so  remain  to  this  day. 


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Events,  which  are  yet  future,  are  foretold  in  the 
two  following  verses;  "But  tidings  out  of  the  east,  and 
out  ol"  the  north,  shall  trouble  him;  therefore  he  shall 
go  forth  with  great  fury  to  destroy  and  utterly  to 
make  away  many.  And  he  shall  plant  the  tabernacles 
of  his  palaces  between  the  seas  in  the  glorious  holy 
mountain;   yet  he  shall  come  to  his  end,  and  none 


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shall  help  him."  Mr.  Mede  supposes,  that  these 
"tidings  from  the  east,  and  the  north,  which  shall 
trouble  the  Turkish  emperor,  may  be  the  return  of 
Judah  and  Israel  from  the  countries  east  and  north  of 
the  holy  land,  as  in  these  countries  the  greater  num- 
bers were  dispersed,  and  remain  to  this  duy."  The 
return  of  the  Jews  to  their  own  land,  is  expressly 
predicted  by  the  prophet  Ezekiel;*  and  to  this  event, 
and  to  the  assistance,  which  shall  be  given  them  by 
the  Christian  nations  east  and  north  of  the  holy  land, 
this  prophecy  may  refer.  Tidings  of  such  assist- 
ance from  these  nations  would  doubtless  trouble  the 
Turkish  government,  who  are  in  possession  of  the 
country,  which  is  to  be  restored  to  the  Jews. 


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But  other  writers  on  prophecy  give  the  passage  a 
different  Interpretation.  Persia  lies  to  the  east,  and 
Russia  to  the  north,  of  the  Turkish  dominions.  For 
centuries  past,  it  is  well  known,  that  tlie  Turkish 
emperors  have  been  apprehensive  of  a  junction  of 
these  two  formidable  powers,  and  have  exerted  all 
their  policy  to  prevent  it.  It  is  known  also,  that 
there  is  a  tradition  current  among  the  common  peo- 
ple in  Turkey,  that  their  empire  will  one  day  be 
overthrown  by  the  Russians;  also  that  a  mutual 
affection  and  confidence  subsist  between  the  Chris- 
tians of  the  Greek  church,  vast  numbers  of  whom 
are  inhabitants  of  the  Turkish  empire,  and  the  same 
denomination  in  Russia,  where  this  is  the  estab- 

•  Chap,  xxxix.  5  last  verses. 


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same 
sstab* 


lished  religion;  and  that  the  former  consider  the  lat- 
ter,  as  those  "whom  ancient  prophecies  mention,  as 
designed  by  God  for  their  avengers  and  deliverers 
in  after  ages."*  So  the  Greek  church  interprets  the 
prophecy  under  consideration. 

On  the  whole,  it  appears  most  probable  from  the 
language  of  this  prophecy,  that  the  Persians  on  the 
east  and  the  Russians  on  the  north  will,  at  a  period 
not  far  distant,  unite  in  one  grand  effort  against  the 
Turkish  empire  to  overtl;;ow  it;  that  the  Turks  will 
establish  their  camp  and  collect  all  their  strength 
"between  the  seas  of  the  glorious  holy  mountain," 
i.e.  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  between  the  Mediterranean 
and  Dead  Seas,  whence  they  will  go  forth  with  great 
fury  against  their  combined  foes,  "to  destroy,  and 
utterly  to  make  away  many."  "Yet  he,"  i.e.  the 
Turkish  power,  "shall  come  to  his  end,  and  none 
shall  help  him."  This  will  complete  the  ruin  of  the 
Mahometan  power,  or  the  eastern  antichrist.  The 
overthrow  of  the  western  antichrist,  which  is  also 
predicted  in  this  chapter,  will  happen  about  the  same 
time. 

"And  at  that  time,"  says  the  prophet  in  the 
chapter,  which  contains  our  text;  that  is,  at  the 
time  wH^n  the  great  events  of  which  we  have 
spoken,  shall  be  passing;  when  the  antichrists  of  the 
east  and  the  ^vest  shall  be  fiilling  (for  they  are  to  fall, 

*  See  Sir  l';iiil  Hyc:ua"s  Account  ot't.1i?  Greek  Cluircli,  c,  iit.  p.  83. 
Q 


"   ^  ifa.JllMfci'".  J^^..-| 


i*' 


10 

agreeably  to  the  prophecy,  nearly  at  the  same  time) 
by  the  means,  which  God  hath  ordained  for  that  pur- 
pose; "at  that  time,  shall  Michael  stand  up,  the 
great  Prince,  which  standeth  for  the  children  of  thy 
people,  and  there  shall  be  a  time  of  trouble,  such  as 
never  was,  since  there  was  a  nation,  even  to  that 
same  time."  "And  at  that  time  thy  people  shall  be 
delivered,  every  one  that  shall  be  found  written  in 
the  book;"  that  is,  Israel,  God's  chosen  heritage, 
who  shall  have  been  preserved  till  this  time  a  dis- 
tinct people  in  all  the  nations,  among  which  they  are 
dispersed,  as  entirely  so,  as  if  their  names  were  reg- 
istered in  a  book,  shall  now  be  delivered,  collected 
and  established  in  great  peace  and  prosperity  in  the 
holy  land.  The  prophets,  and  after  them  our  Lord, 
and  his  apostle  John  in  the  Revelation,  all  represent 
the  time  of  the  conversion  of  the  Jews,  and  their  re- 
turn to  the  holy  land,  as  a  time  of  great  trouble. 

After  these  and  the  contemporary  events,  which 
we  are  led  from  the  prophecies  to  expect,  shall  have 
happened,  then  will  follow,  how  soon  after  we  know 
not,  the  general  resurrection  of  the  dead,  and  the  final 
judgment,  to  which  the  following  verses  undoubtedly 
refer;  "And  many  of  them,  that  sleep  in  the  dust  of 
the  earth  (many  being  here  put  for  all*)  shall  awake, 
some  to  everlasting  life,  and  some  to  shame  and  ever- 
lasting contempt.  And  they  that  be  wise,  shall  shine 
as  the  brightness  of  the  firmament;  and  they  that  turn 
many  to  righteousness,  as  the  stars  for  ever  and  ever." 

*  Rom.  V.  13. 


4 


♦> 


same  time) 
r  that  pur- 
iti  up,  the 
en  of  thy 
e,  such  as 
n  to  that 
e  shall  be 
written  in 

heritage, 
me  a  dis- 

they  are 
vere  reg- 
collcctcd 
ity  in  the 
ur  Lord, 
represent 
their  re- 
ible. 

s,  which 
lall  have 
^e  know 
the  final 
ubtedly 
dust  of 
awake, 
d  ever- 
II  shine 
lat  turn 
ever." 


The  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by  his  Spirit,  having 
dictated  to  his  holy  and  beloved  prophet  the  whole 
series  of  grand  events,  which  were  to  happen  from 
the  time  these  prophecies  were  penned,  to  the  com- 
plete establishment  of  Christ's  kingdom  on  earth, 
and  even  to  the  end  of  time,  directs  Daniel  to  close 
his  sacred  records,  which  would  remain  obscure, 
and  but  partially  understood,  "till  the  time  of  the 
end,"  till  the  events  predicted  should  be  actually  hap- 
pening in  view  of  the  world.  Then  many  will  be 
running  to  and  fro  through  the  earth,  and  knowledge 
will  be  increased.  And  as  these  times  will  be  full 
of  trouble,  such  as  the  world  at  no  former  period 
ever  witnessed;  and  also  times  of  increased  light  and 
knowledge;  both  will  conspire  to  purify  the  souls  of 
good  men,  who  shall  have  understanding  in  the 
times.  "Many  shall  be  purified,  and  made  white, 
and  tried,  and  the  wise  shall  understand;  but  the 
wicked  shall  do  wickedly,  and  shall  not  understand;" 
they  shall  be  given  up  to  blindness  and  obstinacy  of 
heart,  because  they  will  persist  in  their  wickedness, 
against  all  the  light  and  evidence,  which  shall  sur- 
round them,  and  they  shall  have  nothing  to  support 
them  under  the  trials,  which  shall  befal  them  in  that 
awful  period. 

Such  I  conceive  to  be  the  meaning  of  the  text. 
In  fixing  it,  I  have  consulted  the  best  helps  within 
my  reach.  I  have  been  thus  particular  in  bringing 
into  view  and  explaining  the  prophecies,  imme* 
diately   connected   with  the  text,  for  the  purpose 


\ 


12 

of  ascertaining,  as  far  as  practicable,  the  time,  when 
we  are  to  expect  the  events,  which  it  predicts.  If 
our  interpretation  be  correct,  the  events,  which  are 
to  fulfil  this  prophecy,  are  near  at  hand,  or  they  may 
be  even  now  passing  in  view  of  the  present  gener- 
ation. In  the  sequel  of  this  discourse  therefore  I 
propose, 

I.  To  exhibit  evidence  to  shew,  that  the  proph- 
ecy in  the  text  has  not  yet  received  its  ultimate  and 
highest  accomplishment,  but  is  probably  fulfilling 
by  the  events  of  the  present  time. 

II.  To  shew  what  effects  we  are  to  expect  will 
follow  these  events. 

III.  To  apply  the  subject. 

I.  I  am  to  exhibit  evidence  to  shew,  that  the 
prophecy  in  the  text  has  not  yet  received  its  ulti- 
mate and  highest  accomplishment,  but  is  probably 
fulfilling  by  the  events  of  the  present  time. 

Some  prophecies,  says  Lord  Bacon,  "are  not  ful- 
filled punctually,  at  once,  but  have  a  springing  and 
germinant  accomplishment  throughout  many  ages, 
though  the  height,  or  fulness  of  them,  may  refer  to 
some  one  age."*  Precisely  of  this  character,  I  con- 
ceive, is  the  prophecy  now  under  consideration.  To 
the  period,  when  the  Christian  religion  was  first  in- 

•  Advancement  of  Leaiiilng.    Book  ii.  in  English. 


/ 


.     I     .' 


time,  when 
rcdicts.      If 
,  which  are 
>rthey  may 
sent  gener- 
therefore  I 


the  proph- 
imate  and 
'  fulfilling 


Kpect  will 


that  the 
i  its  ulti- 
probably 


not  ful- 
ling and 
iiy  ages, 
refer  to 
,  I  con- 
)n.  To 
first  in- 


13 

troduced  and  propagated  in  the  world,  the  words  of 
this  prophecy  may  be  literally  applied,  "Many  ran  to 
and  fro  through  the  earth,  and  knowledge  was  in- 
creased." And  "many  were  purified  and  made 
white,  and  tried,"  by  cruel  persecutions.  "The 
wicked"  then  "did  wickedl)',  and  none  of  the  wicked 
understood"  the  signs  of  the  limes;  "but  the  wise 
did  understand." 

Wonderful  was  the  revolution  effected  in  the 
world  by  the  introduction  of  the  Christian  religion. 
The  preparations  made  for  this  event,  by  the  prov- 
idence of  God,  corresponded  with  its  magnitude. 
The  Roman  empire  embraced  almost  the  whole 
wr)rld,  and  its  inhabitants  universally  spoke  the 
Greek  or  Roman  language.  These  were  the 
languages  of  their  courts,  of  their  laws,  of  their 
priests  and  learned  men,  of  tlieir  worship,  and  of 
their  books  generally.  These  circumstances,  it 
is  easy  to  conceive,  were  adapted  wonderfully 
to  facilitate  the  spread  of  the  Gospel.  The  Jews, 
in  consequence  of  their  frequent  captivities,  were 
dispersed  extensively  among  the  surrounding  na- 
tions; and,  having  carried  with  them  a  knowledge 
of  the  true  God,  prepared  the  way  for  the  con- 
version of  those  nations.  The  Hebrew  Scriptures 
had  been  translated  into  the  Greek  language,  and 
were  thus  prepared  to  be  dispersed  and  read  in  due 
time  among  that  extensive  portion  of  the  heathen 
nations,   to  which  this  language  was  vernacular.* 

'  Soo  Note  A. 


14 


t 


About  this  time  also  the  proselytes  of  the  gate,  aai 
they  were  called,  were  greatly  multiplied.  These 
were  persons  from  various  parts  of  the  world,  who 
had  renounced  heathenism,  acknowledged  and  wor- 
shipped the  true  God,  but  had  not  fully  embraced 
Judaism;*  and  thus,  freed  from  the  prejudices  of  both, 
were  prepared  to  receive  the  new  religion,  which 
Christ  came  to  establish.  The  first  Gentile  converts 
to  Christianity  were  chiefly  of  this  class  of  people. 
We  may  add,  as  another  remarkable  event  prepara- 
tory to  the  spread  of  the  Gospel,  that  previously  to 
the  advent  of  our  Savior,  philosophy  and  the  arts 
were  cultivated  to  a  great  extent,  and  advanced  to  a 
high  d'gree  of  perfection.  Thus  the  minds  of  men 
were  refined  and  prepared  to  examine  the  evidence 
on  which  Christianity  claimed  to  be  believed;  and, 
through  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  to  embrace, 
defend,  and  propagate  its  sublime  and  heavenly  doc- 
trines. The  heathen  nations  moreover  had  become 
tired  of  their  religion,  and  of  their  idol  gods;  they 
had  ceased  to  consult  their  oracles,  and  to  respect 
their  priests,  and  sighed  for  a  change.f 


These  preparations  being  made  by  the  providence 
of  God,  the  expected  Messiah  made  his  appearance, 
and  set  up  his  kingdom  in  the  world.  His  disci- 
ples, at  first  few  in  number  and  of  no  reputation  or 
influence  among  men,  soon  increased  to  a  multitude. 
Within  less  than  forty  years  after  the  death  of  Christ, 

•  See  Jennings'  Jewish  Antiquities,  vol.  i.  p.  131. 
t  Millar's  Hist,  of  Christianity,  vol.  i.  p.  255. 


^  the  gate,  a« 
>lied.      These 
e  world,  who 
fed  and  wor- 
lly  embraced 
idicesofboth, 
-ligion,  which 
utile  converts 
's  of  people. 
I'ent  prepara- 
5reviously  to 
and  the  arts 
Jvanced  to  a 
'inds  of  men 
he  evidence 
|lieved;  and, 
to  embrace, 
avenly  doc- 
»ad  become 
?ods;    they 
to  respect 


providence 
Ppearance, 
His  disci- 
utation  or 
nultitude. 
of  Christ, 

I. 


I 


his  gospel  was  preached,  and  by  great  numbers  em- 
braced, in  all  the  celebrated  cities  and  countries,  and 
even  in  the  remote  provinces  and  villages,  of  Asia, 
Europe,  and  Africa,  comprising  the  whole  of  the  then 
known   world.     The  Sun  of  Righteousness  darted 
his  genial   beams  in  every  direction  over  the  earth. 
The  heralds  of  the  Savior,  sent  forth,  "their  sound 
into  all  the  earth,  and  their  words  unto  the  end  of  the 
world."*     Before  the  generation,  who  were  cotem- 
porary    with    our  Lord,  had   "passed  away,t    the 
Gospel   was  preached   throughout  the  world,  (i.e. 
through   all  the   Roman  empire,  among  gentiles  as 
well  as  Jewb,J)  for  a  witness  unto  all  nations." 

Clement,  a  fellow  laborer  with  the  apostles,  as- 
serts, §  that  "St.  Paul  taught  the  whole  world  righte- 
ousness, having  preached  both  in  the  east  and  in  the 
west,  and  travelled  to   the   utmost  bounds   of  the 
west."     It  is  believed  by  many,  that  he  preached  the 
gospel   even   in  Britain.     According  to  Justin  Mar- 
tyr, (|  "there  was  no  nation,  no  sort  of  men,  whether 
Greeks   or  barbarians,  no  country,  however  rude  or 
unpolished,  where  prayers  and   thanksgivings  were 
not  presented  to  the  Father  and  Creator  of  all  things, 
through  the  name  of  the  crucified  Jesus."     Lanclan- 
tius   says,ir   "the  Christian  law  is  entertained  from 
the  rising  of  the  sun,  to  the  going  down  of  the  same, 
where  every  sex,  age,   nation,   and  country,   does 

♦  Rom.  X.  18.     t  Matt.  xxiv.  14.  34.    t  Guise.    §  Ep.  acl  Cor.  1  c.  v. 
II  Dial,  cum  Trypho,  p.  341.    IT  De  Justitia,  lib.  5.  c.  13.  p.  m.  453 


II 


i 


\t 


*:hA 


16 

witli  one  heart  and  soul  worship  God."  Irenceus 
and  TertuIHan  bear  full  testimony  to  the  same  facts. 
The  latter,*  after  enumerating  the  principal  portions 
of  the  world,  where  the  gospel  had  been  preached, 
concludes  thus,  "In  all  these  places  the  name  of 
Christ  reigns,  because  I'.e  has  now  come,  before 
whom  the  gates  of  all  cities  are  set  open,  and  none 
shut;  before  whom  doors  of  brass  fly  open,  and  bars 
of  iron  arc  snapt  asunder;  that  is,  those  hearts,  once 
possessed  by  the  devil,  by  faith  in  Christ  are  set 
open." 

The  opening  of  the  Christian  era,  and  the  first 
spread  of  the  Gospel  over  the  world,  we  may  there- 
fore consider  as  commencing  the  fulfilment  of  the 
prophecy  under  consideration.  At  this  period  "ma- 
ny ran  to  and  fro  through  the  earth,  and  knowledge 
was  increased.  Many  were  purified,  and  maile  white, 
and  tried." 

It  has  received  a  "gciininant  accomplishment,"  to 
use  the  words  of  Lord  Bacon,  in  succeeding  ages  of 
the  church;  particularly  during  tlic  lliree  first  centu- 
ries, and  when  Constantine  ordered  :.il  the  heathen 
temples  to  be  destroyed,  and  established  Christianity, 
as  the  religion  of  his  empire,  about  the  year  331. 
Also,  and  especially  at  the  period  of  the  Reformation, 
and  the  consequent  revival  and  spread  of  the  true 
religion,  as  well  as  of  learning,  philosophy,  and  the 
useful  arts. 

*  Aii\crf,us  Juikos,  caj\  7-  p.  m.  98, 


\\ 


•*r.-*»>-»,      ♦       '    " 


17 


!>•"     Ireiiieus 
lie  same  facts, 
icipal  portions 
ecu  preached, 
the  name  of 
come,  before 
pen,  and  none 
)pen,  and  bars 
ie  hearts,  once 
'hrist  are  set 


,  and  the  first 
ve  may  there- 
ilment  of  the 
s  period  "ma- 
id Jcnou'Iedge 
d  ma(Je  white. 


lishrnent,"  to 

sding  ages  of 

:e  first  centu- 

the  heathen 

Christianity, 

le   year  331. 

[Reformation, 

of  the  true 

phy,  and  the 


1 


But  considerations  brought  into  view  in  the  be- 
ginning of  this  discourse,  and  others  of  great  weight, 
lead  us  to  conclude  that  the  highest  and  complete 
fulfilment  of  this  prophecy  is  yet  future;  or  perhaps 
we  have  entered  on  the  period,  in  which  it  is  to  re- 
ceive its  full  and  ultimate  accomplishment.  Judging 
from  the  course  of  events  for  the  last  half  century, 
particularly  of  the  last  twenty  years,  we  are  constrain- 
ed to  believe  that  God  in  his  providence  has  been, 
and  is  preparing  the  world  for  some  grand  revolu- 
tion, some  wonderful  display  of  his  sovereign  and 
almighty  power.  Such  a  revolution  is  plainly  fore- 
told by  the  prophets;  and  from  the  language,  which 
they  use  in  describing  it,  as  well  as  from  the  prepar- 
ations, which  are  making  to  introduce  it,  we  are  left 
to  infer  that,  though  in  many  points  it  will  resemble, 
yet  it  will  on  the  whole  far  surpass,  in  magnitude 
and  effect,  that  which  took  place  at  the  opening  of 
the  Christian  era. 

Whether  the  world  is  again  to  be  reduced  to  two 
languages  and  one  grand  empire,  so  far,  as  shall 
be  necessary  to  free  intercourse  and  the  diffusion 
of  useful  knowledge  among  the  various  nations 
of  the  globe,  cannot  be  foreseen.  What  God  in  his 
providence  has  once  done  for  the  accomplishment  of 
one  grand  Revolution,  he  can  and  may  do  again,  if 
necessary,  to  effect  another  of  a  similar  kind  and  of 
greater  magnitude.  By  a  more  extensive  com- 
mercial intercourse   among  the  nations;  by  wars, 

conquests,  and  revolutions;    by  raising  up  a  mod- 

3 


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» 

;) 


lifl 


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18 


orn  Alexander,  to  subjugate  a  large  portion  of  the 
world;  by  an  increase  and  dift'usion  of  knowledge, 
derived  from  travellers,  and  enterprises  for  discovery; 
especially  by  means  of  Missionaries,  who  are  already 
scattered  in  every  part  of  the  world,  and  every  day 
are  increasing  in  number,  and  exploring  some  new 
region;  not  only  learning  the  languages  of  the  na- 
tions, but  communicating  the  knowledge  of  their 
own;  by  all  these  and  other  means,  which  Divine 
providence  may  ordain,  miiy  not  the  English  and 
French  languages  become  to  the  world,  what  the 
Latin  and  Greek  languages  were  before  the  Chris- 
tian era?  And  may  not  the  vast  domains  of  some 
modern  Alexander,  become  united  with  the  domin- 
ions of  some  other  great  power,  corresponding  to  the 
Roman  Republic  in  the  days  of  Alexander,  and  so 
the  mass  of  mankind,  be  once  more  combined  in 
one  grand  and  universal  empire. 


m 


the 
tk 
ful 


I 


As,  by  their  peculiar  situation,  the  Jews  were  former- 
ly made  subservient  to  the  conversion  of  the  Gen- 
tiles;  so  this  remarkable  people  are  to  be  used,  ac- 
cording to  prophecy,  for  the  same  end,  at  some  fu- 
ture period.  The  conversion  of  the  Jews,  and  their 
to  return  the  Holy  Land,  will  accomplish  so  many 
prophecies,  in  so  public  and  signal  a  manner,  as  to 
confute  and  silence  infidelity  in  every  form.  The 
attention  of  the  whole  world  will  be  excited  to  this 
wonderful  display  of  the  mighty  power  of  God,  in 
fulfilling  his  word;  and  the  effectual  influence  of 
his  Holy  Spirit,  converting  the  nations,  and  bringing 


^^Ukr 


) 


portion  of  the 
)f  knowledge, 
for  discovery; 
ho  are  already 
and  every  day 
ing  some  new 
cs  of  the  na- 
ledge  of  their 
which  Divine 
English  and 
rid,  what  the 
)re  the  Chris- 
nns  of  some 
h  the  domin- 
onding  to  the 
nder,  and  so 
combined  in 


were  former- 
of  the  Gen- 
)e  used,  ac- 
at  some  fu- 
s,  and  their 
sh  so  many 
nner,  as  to 
brm.     l^he 
:ited  to  this 
f  God,  in 
ifluence  of 
i  bringing 


I 


19 

in   "the    fulness    of   the   Gentiles,"*    will  render 
genuine  Christianity  universally  triumphant. f 

But  it  is  time  to  direct  your  attention  to  events  of 
the  present  day,  which  remarkably  correspond  with 
the  prophecy  under  consideration,  and  appear  to  be 
fulfilling  it  in  its  highest  ultimate  intention.  All,who 
have  taken  pains  to  acquaint  themselves  to  any  con- 
siderable extent  with  what  has  been  passing  in  the 
world,  particularly  since  the  commencement  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  who  duly  consider  the 
existing  state  of  things,  and  the  prospects  of  still 
greater  changes,  tlian  any  which  have  yet  taken  place, 
must  be  constrained  to  acknowledge,  that  it  is  now 
true,  in  a  degree  more  remarkable  than  at  any  former 
period  of  the  world,  that  many  are  "running  to  and 
fro  in  the  earth,  and  that  knowledge  is  increasing." 
Wc  now  enter  an  immense  field,  over  which  we 
have  time  only  to  cast  a  rapid  glance. 

Men  of  enterprise  and  intelligence,  moving  in  all 
directions,  by  land  and  sea,  prompted  by  motives  of 
gain,  of  literary  curiosity,  of  fame;  or  by  the  refined 
and  exalted  motive  of  benevolence  to  the  souls  of 
men;  are  running  to  and  fro,  exploring  every  inhab- 
ited spot  on  the  globe;  publishing  and  circulating,  in 
various  languages  and  forms,  accounts  of  their  dis- 
coveries, and  thus  adding  immensely  to  the  stock  of 
useful  knowledge  in  all  its  i)ranches.     The  details, 


H 


*  Rom.  X(.  25. 


t  Note  B, 


n 


1» 


20 

which  would  abundantly  illustrate  and  confirm  the 
truth  of  what  we  have  now  asserted,  would  fill  vol- 
umes, and  will  not  be  expected  in  a  single  discourse. 
We  can  only  point  your  attention  to  a  few  promi- 
nent facts  out  of  the  multitudes,  that  crowd  upon  the 
mind. 


\' 


I 


■•        '; 


First,  as  to  the  American  Continent,  ''many  are 
running  to  and  fro*'  through  this  portion  of  the 
globe,  "and  knowledge  is  increased."  The  north- 
western and  northeastern  coasts  of  this  extensive 
Continent,  the  only  parts  of  the  seacoast,  before  un- 
known, have  been  minutely  surveyed,  by  skilful  navi- 
gators, and  un  acquaintance  formed,  and  commercial 
intercourse  opened  with  the  native  tribes  bordering 
upon  them.  These  things  have  prepared  the  way 
for  planting  a  number  of  English,  Russian,  and 
Dahish  colonies  in  regions,  which,  till  within  a  few 
years,  were  classed  under  the  head  of  ^^Unknonvn 
Larids.^*  These  colonies,  formed  by  Christian  and 
civilized  nations,  (for  difterent  purposes  indeed,)  are 
doubtless  designed  by  Providence,  as  so  many 
stands^  whence,  in  due  time,  will  be  diffused  over 
those  dark  regions  the  light  of  science  and  relig- 
ion. In  aid  of  this  desirable  event,  the  interior  of 
North  America  has  been  lately  explored  by  enter- 
prising travellers  in  dift'erent  directions,  from  the  wa- 
ters of  the  Atlantic  to  the  coasts  of  the  Pacific 
Ocean;  so  that  few  portions  of  it,  of  any  great  extent, 
now  remain  unknown.* 


Note  C, 


confirm  the 
ould  fill  vol, 
:Ie  discourse. 
» ic\v  promi- 
>wd  upon  the 


"many  are 
>rtion  of  the 
The  north- 
iis  extensive 
t,  before  un- 
skilful navi- 
commercial 
s  bordering 
red  the  way 
ussian,  and 
t'ithin  a  few 
''''Unknown 
hristian  and 
ndeedj  are 
so  many 
ffuscd  over 
and  relig. 
interior  of 
by  enter- 
m  the  \va- 
e    Pacific 
!at  extent, 


21 

In  like  manner,  the  interior  of  South  America  has 
been  extensively  traversed  by  men  of  science,  and  a 
knowledge  of  the  iniiabitants,  and  of  the  situation  and 
resources  of  the  several  countries,  acquired.  These 
discoveries,  iog(  ther  with  the  revolutions  and  changes 
ill  govcrnnM  nt  and  property,  which  have  happened, 
and  which  are  still  tuking  place  in  rapid  progression, 
have  already  prepared  the  way,  and  are  opening  it 
still  further  and  wider,  for  the  heralds  of  the  Savior 
to  go  forth  into  every  corner  of  the  Continent,  where 
inhabitants  are  to  be  found,  to  proclaim  the  glad  tid- 
ings of  his  Gospel.  Multitudes  of  these  heralds, 
taking  up  their  cross,  and  putting  their  lives  in  their 
hands,  have  already  spread  themselves,  in  different 
stations,  either  among  the  heathen  tribes,  or  in 
the  frontier  and  destitute  Christian  settlements,  over 
a  great  part  of  the  Continent,  from  Greenland  on  the 
north,  to  Patagonia  on  the  south.*  And  multitudes 
more,  we  may  reasonably  hope,  will  shortly  be  add- 
ed to  them,  when  it  is  considered,  that  Missionary 
and  Bible  Societies  are  increasing  beyond  all  former 
example,  which  of  course  must  increase  the  means 
of  supporting  Missionaries  and  diffusing  religious 
knowledge;  and  that  the  Lord,  in  a  wonderful  man- 
ner, is  inclining  the  hearts  of  suitable  men  to  engage 
in  this  self-denying  service,  and  providing  means  for 
educating  them  for  this  purpose.f 

From  the  Western  we  direct  your  attention  to  the 
Eastern  Continent.     There  too,  in  a  still  more  re- 


\\ 


•  Note  D. 


t  Note  E. 


r«A*'- 


SB. 


•    I 


f 


markable  manner,  "Many  are  running  to  and  fro, 
and  knowledge  is  increased."  We  behold  scenes 
of  amazing  interest  on  that  vast  theatre;  scenes 
which  are  rapidly  fulfilling  this,  as  well  as  other 
prophecies  of  Scripture. 

It  is  remarkable,  that  the  doctrine  of  Mahomet  was 
forged  at  Mecca,  and  the  supremacy  of  the  Pope  es- 
tablished by  a  grant  from  Phocas,  in  the  very  same 
year,  that  is.  Anno  Dom.  606.  Hence  it  is  inferred, 
that,  as  the  eastern  and  western  antichrists  began 
their  reign  together,  their  expected  overthrow  will 
happen  about  the  same  time;  and  that  time,  accord- 
ing to  the  best  interpretation  of  prophecy,  is  proba- 
bly near  at  hand,  even  at  the  door.  The  over- 
throw of  these  gigantic  powers,  which  will  shake  all 
nations  by  their  fall,  is  to  be  speedily  followed,  ac- 
cording to  prophecy,  by  the  return  of  the  Jews  to  the 
Holy  Land;  and  this  signal  event -by  the  conversion  of 
the  Gentiles;  and  thus  *'the  kingdoms  of  this  world 
will  become  the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord,  and  of  his 
Christ."* 


1  ,•* 


Preparatory  to  these  tremendous  and  delightful 
events,  and  during  their  progress,  as  a  part  of  the  ap- 
propriate means  of  their  accomplishment,  "Many 
will  be  running  to  and  fro  through  the  earth,  and 
knowledge  will  be  increased."  Several  of  the  proph- 
ecies, by  different  events,  will  be  fulfilling  at  the 
same  time.   Accordingly  we  find  that,  while  the  Papal 


*  Rev.  xi.  15. 


23 


ng  to  and  fro, 
behold  scenes 
heatre;  scenes 
well  as  other 


Mahomet  was 
f  the  Pope  es- 
the  very  same 
it  is  inferred, 
ichrists  began 
verthrow  will 
time,  accord- 
?cy,  is  proba- 
The  over- 
will  shake  all 
followed,  ac- 
e  Jews  to  the 
conversion  of 
)f  this  world 
.  and  of  his 


■A 


and  Mahometan  powers,  assailed  by  wars,  which 
are  deluging  in  blood  and  desolating  one  country 
after  another,  are  tottering  to  their  final  fall;  and  while 
the  instruments,  raised  up  and  fitted  by  Divine  prov- 
idence to  destroy  these  powers,  are  executing  their 
bloody  work,  "Many  are  running  to  and  fro,  and 
knowledge  is  increased."  Voyages  and  enterprises 
for  discovery  by  sea  and  land  have  been  planned  and 
executed  to  an  uncommon  extent,  and  with  great 
success.  The  islands  in  every  ocean  have  been  vis- 
ited; the  coasts  and  harl^ors  of  every  country  on  the 
globe  have  been  surveyed.  The  vast  interior  re- 
gions of  Africa,  which  ii  few  years  since  were  un- 
known to  the  civilized  and  Christian  world,  have 
been  penetrated,  in  various  directions,  by  adventurous 
and  intelligent  travellers,  and  are  likely  soon  to  be  as 
well  known,  as  other  portions  of  the  globe;  and  es- 
tablishments are  already  formed,  with  prospects  of 
extensive  good  effects,  for  diffusing  among  them  a 
knowledge  of  the  sciences,  and  of  the  arts  of  civilized 
life.* 


d  delightful 
rt  of  the  ap. 
nt,  "Many 
earth,  and 
r  the  proph- 
ling  at  the 
le  the  Papal 


In  Asia,  in  ways  still  more  remarkable,  "many  are 
running  to  and  fro,  and  knowledge  is  increasing." 
The  Asiatic  Society!  has  effected  wonders  in  the 
acquisition  and  diffusion  of  useful  knowledge  in  that 
populous  portion  of  the  world.  Travellers  of  great 
name  and  authority  have  visited  some  of  the  princi- 

•  Note  F. 

I  Foumlcd  ill  1784,  by  Sir  William  Jones,  who  was  its  briphtest  or 
nnmrnt. 


i] 

Hi 


t 


(i 


^4 

pal  nations  of  Asia,  and  have  added  largely  to  the 
general  stock  of  knowledge. 

These  discoveries,  and  the  information,  which  in 
consequence  of  them  has  been  acquired,  relative  to 
the  character,  languages,  manners,  customs,  relig- 
ion, government,  and  history,  of  the  nations  visited, 
have  prepared  the  way  for  Missionaries  of  the 
cross.  These  self-denying  friends  of  the  Redeemer 
and  of  the  souls  of  the  heathen,  filled  with  Christian 
zeal,  are  flocking  in  great  numbers  to  this  vast  field 
of  Missionary  labor,  which  has  long  been  whitening 
for  harvest.  From  Great  Britain,  and  her  colonies, 
whose  Missionary  and  Bible  Societies,  literary  es- 
tablishments, and  other  benevolent,  richly  endow- 
ed, and  well  directed  Associations,  have  done  more 
for  the  diffusion  of  Christian  and  other  useful 
knowledge,  than  all  the  world  beside;  from  Ger- 
many, Denmark,  Holland,  and  we  are  happy  now  to 
add,  from  New  England,  hav^  gone,  and  are  going 
forth,  a  succession  of  Missionaries,  who  are  spread- 
ing themselves  in  Europe  and  its  islands,  in  North 
and  South  America,  in  the  West  Indies,  in  the  isl- 
ands of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  in  Africa  and  its  islands, 
in  New  Holland,  in  the  thickly  peopled  islands  in  the 
Indian  Ocean,  in  China,  in  Tartury,  in  Hindoostan, 
and  in  many  other  parts  of  Asia.*     Many  of  these 

•  A  full  account  of  these  Missionaries,  of  their  labors,  sufTevings,  and 
success,  is  given  in  the  reports  of  the  London,  Baptist,  Edinburgli, 
United  Brethren's,  and  other  Missionary  Societies  in  Great  Britain; 
compendious  extracts  of  which  may  be  found  in  the  Panoplht  aiul  Mia- 
sionary  Mngazine,  and  other  works  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States. 


■^ 


vei 

he 

mi 

lie 

ei 

ci 


i  largely  to  the 


ition,  which  in 
red,  relative  to 
ustoms,  relig- 
nations  visited, 
onaries  of  the 
the  Redeemer 
with  Christian 
)  this  vast  field 
)cen  whitening 
i  her  colonies, 
-s,  literary  es- 
fichly  endow- 
ve  done  more 
other  useful 
';   from  Ger- 
happy  now  to 
ind  are  going 
o  are  spread- 
ds,  in  North 
s,  in  the  isl- 
>d  its  islands, 
islands  in  the 
Hindoostan, 
ny  of  these 

s,  sufTering's,  and 
itist,  Edinburg-h, 
n  Great  Urltaiii; 
anopUst  and  Mits- 
rnited  States. 


i 


25 

Missionaries,  with  almost  incredible  industry,  perse- 
verance, and  success,  are  engaged  in  translating  the 
holy  Scriptures,  into  the  languages  of  the  most  nu- 
merous Pagan  nations.  Thousands,  probably  mil- 
lions, of  copies  of  the  sacred  volume,  in  these  differ- 
ent languages,  have  already  been  printed  and  cir- 
culated among  people,  ignorant  of  the  Gospel.* 
Many  have  been  the  converts  of  these  holy  men 
of  God,  and  among  them  not  a  few  of  the  learn- 
ed and  influential  men  of  these  heathen  nations, 
who,  full  of  love  to  the  Savior,  and  zeal  for  his 
cause,  of  thankfulness  for  the  blessings  they  have  re- 
ceived, and  concern  for  the  souls  of  their  country- 
men, have  themselves  become  successful  preachers 
and  Missionaries  of  the  cross,  f  And  what  is  wor- 
thy of  particular  notice,  a  seed  soM'n  by  one  of  the 
Apostles  of  our  Lord  in  the  heart  of  Asia,  which  has 
ever  since  been  germinating,  secluded  from  the  eye 
of  the  Christian  world,  has  been  lately  visited,  and 
under  the  nurturing  care  of  wise  and  faithful  ser- 
vants of  Jesus  Christ,  is  likely  to  prove  an  eminently 
fruitful  branch  of  the  Christian  church,  in  a  region 
desolate  and  barren  in  the  fruits  of  righteousness.  I 
allude  to  the  Christians  of  St.  Thomas,,  or  as  they  are 
now  called,  the  Syrian  Christians^  in  Malayala,  a  se- 
questered region  of  Hindoostan.     These  Christians,  J 

•  Note  G. 

j  See  "The  Star  in  the  East,"  a  Discourse  by  Rev.  Dr.  Buchanan, 
reprinted  in  Philadelphia  by  Bradford;  and  in  Boston  by  Monroe  h, 
Francis;  a  discourse,  whicli  sliould  be  read  by  every  Christian. 

"  More  tlian  200,000  in  nuinl)er  having  55  chirch<j». 


26 


whose  ftiiih  and  worship  resemble  those  of  the 
Churcli  of  England,  and  who  have  among  them  an- 
cient and  authentic  copies  of  the  holy  Scriptures,  pro- 
fess to  have  descended  in  regular  succession  from 
converts  to  the  Christian  faith,  made  by  St.  Thomas, 
one  of  the  twelve  Apostles  of  our  Lord,  who  it  is 
said  here  preached  the  Gospel,  and  suffered  martyr- 
dom.* These  Malay alan  churches  are  connected 
wiih  215  other  Christian  churches  in  Mesopotamia 
and  Syria,  which  are  Oj^pressed  with  difficulties  and 
struggling  for  existence.!  Measures  have  probably 
been  ad<)pted  eft'ectually  to  relieve  these  churches,  to 
strengthen  die  things  which  remain  and  are  ready  to 
die,  and  to  render  them,  as  from  their  local  and  rela- 
tive situation  they  may  be  rendered,  subservient  to 
the  extensive  propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  the  re- 
gions around  them. 


sel 


4    0% 


But  I  must  forbear.  The  subject  is  vast  and  in- 
exhaustible. The  events  of  the  present  day  seem 
to  be  adaj)ted  and  designed,  by  the  Providence 
of  God,  to  prepare  the  world  to  receive  the  Gospel; 
and  at  the  same  time  the  appropriate  means  are 
preparing  and  in  operation  to  an  extent  altogether 
unparalleled  for  diffusing  the  knowledge  of  its  blessed 
truths  to  every  creature  under  heaven.  Thus  we  see 
that  at  the  present  period,  "Many  are  running  to  and 
fro  through  the  earth,  and  knowledge  is  increased." 


•  Note  II. 


t  Pauoplist  vol.  iii.  p.  527. 


Je  those  of  the 
among  them  an- 
Scriptures,  pro- 
iuccession  from 
f>y  St.  Thomas, 
Lord,  who  it  is 
suffered  mart)^r- 
are  connected 
»  Mesopotamia 
difficuhies  and 
have  probably 
ie  churches,  to 
id  are  ready  to 
■local  and  rela- 
mbservient  to 
'pel  in  the  re- 


5  vast  and  hi. 
It  day  seem 

Providence 

the  Gospel; 

means  are 

t  altogether 

'f  its  blessed 

Phus  we  see 

'"ingtoand 
^creased." 

52r. 


27 

I  have  time  only  to  glance  very  briefly  over  the 
second  branch  of  discourse,  which  was, 

II.  To  shew,  what  effects  we  are  to  expect  from 
the  events, which  have  been  briefly  debcribed.  "Many, 
(says  the  Proj)het,)  shall  be  purified,  and  made  white, 
(<  and  tried;  but  the  wicked  s»hall  dowickedlv;  and  none 
f  of  the  wicked  shall  understand;  but  the  wise  shall  un- 
derstand." Such  are  the  events  we  are  to  look  for, 
whenever  the  prophecy  we  have  been  considering 
shall  be  fulfilling.  If  we  look  back  to  the  opening 
of  the  Christian  era,  to  the  time  when  the  Apostles 
of  our  Lord  first  preached  the  Gospel  in  the  world, 
we  shall  perceive  with  delight  its  astonishing  effects 
upon  the  characters  and  conduct  of  men.  In  all,  who 
enjoyed  its  benign  influence,  and  embraced  its  divine 
truths,  it  produced  amiable,  holy,  and  heavenly  dis- 
positions. In  the  humble  disciples  of  Jesus,  every 
quality,  which  could  adorn  the  human  character,  was 
to  be  found;  and  great,  in  the  first  ages  of  Christian, 
ty,  was  the  multitude,  of  these  children  of  God,  scat- 
tered in  different  parts  of  the  world.  Still  there  were 
multitudes  more,  who  persisted  in  doing  wickedly, 
and  did  not  understand  the  things,  which  belonged  to 
their  peace. 

Effects  like  these,  but  in  magnitude  and  extent 
still  greater,  we  are  to  look  for,  agreeably  to  prophe- 
cy, at  the  period  of  the  other  grand  Revolution  in 
the  Christian  church,  of  which  we  have  spoken,  and 
which  is  yet  to  come.     If  such  effects  begin  to  exist, 


m 


ly 


at  the  present  day,  to  a  remarkable  extent,  they  fur-         pre 
nish  evidence,  that  this  prophecy  is  now  fulfilling  be-         the| 
fore  our  eyes. 


The  terms,  "purified,  made  white,  and  tried,'* 
when  used  by  the  Prophet  to  express  these  effects, 
plainly  indicate  that  the  period,  when  "many  shall 
run  to  and  fro  through  the  earth,  and  knowledge  shall 
be  increased,"  will  be  a  period  of  great  sufferings. 
And  such  a  period  we  are  forewarned  by  the  Prophet 
to  expect;  "And  there  shall  be  a  time,"  (and  this 
time  is  that,  in  which  the  prophecy  under  considera- 
tion will  be  accomplishing,)  "and  there  shall  be  a 
time  of  trouble,  such  as  never  was  since  there  was  a 
nation,  even  to  that  same  time."*  How  many  years 
this  period  of  trouble  will  continue  we  know  not. 
Judging  from  the  present  state  of  the  world,  we  have 
probably  entered  upon  it.  Its  darkest  part  is  doubt- 
less  yet  to  come.  For  we  are  taught  in  the  prophe- 
cies to  expect  that  the  world,  which  now  lieth  in 
wickedness,  is  one  day  to  be  punished  with  most 
awful  judgments  of  Heaven.  "Behold  the  day  of  the 
Lord  cometh,  cruel  both  with  wrath  and  fierce  an- 
ger, to  lay  the  land  desolate;  and  he  shall  destroy  the 
sinners  out  of  it.  For  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  the 
constellations  thereof,  shall  not  give  their  light:  the 
sun  shall  be  darkened  in  his  going  forth,  and  the 
moon  shall  not  cause  her  light  to  shine;  and  I  will 
punish  the  world  for  their  evil,  and  the  wicked  for 
their  iniquity;  and  I  will  cause  the  arrogancy  of  ths 

*  Pin,  xii.  1 


■;■■ 
-:r- 


II 


•xtent,  they  fur. 
owfulfiiiing  be- 


te, and  tried,'* 
ss  these  effects, 
-n  "many  shall 
nouJedge  shall 
eat  sufferings. 
>>' the  Prophet 
'e."  (and  this 
der  considera- 
-re  shall  be  a 
e  there  was  a 
»v  many  years 
ve  know  not. 
brJd,  ivehave 
•art  is  doubt. 
i^e  prophe- 
'o^v^  lieth  in 
witii  most 
e  day  of  the 
d  fierce  an- 
destroy  the 
"»  and  the 
Jjght:  the 
•>  and  the 
and  I  will 
I'icked  for 
cy  of  thfi 


29 

proud  to  cease,  and  will  lay  low  the  haughtiness  ot 
the  terrible."  (Isaiah  xiii.  9,  10,  11.)  Also,  Isa. 
xxvi.  two  last  verses.  "Come,  my  people,  enter 
thou  into  thy  chambers,  and  shut  thy  doors  about 
thee;  hide  thyself,  as  it  were  for  a  little  moment,  un- 
til the  indignation  be  overpast.  For  behold,  the 
Lord  Cometh  out  of  his  place,  to  punish  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  earth  for  their  iniquity;  the  earth  also 
shall  disclose  her  blood,  and  shall  no  more  cover  her 
slain." 

While  the  Lord  shall  be  thus  executing  his  strange 
work,  in  punishing  the  nations  for  their  wickedness, 
he  will,  at  the  same  time,  by  new  and  uncommon 
means,  be  spreading  his  word,  and  the  light  of  his 
Gospel,  and  increasing  every  species  of  useful  knowl- 
edge; and  will,  by  the  instrumentality  of  this  knowl- 
edge and  these  judgments,  purify  multitudes  of  peo- 
ple, who  will  hereafter  be  numbered  among  those, 
who  will  be  arrayed  in  white,  and  will  have  come  out 
of  great  tribulation,  and  have  washed  their  robes,  and 
made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.* 

Are  not  effects  of  the  mixed  nature,  we  have 
now  described,  every  day  produced,  and  coming 
to  our  knowledge  from  every  part  of  the  world? 
While  the  judgments  of  God  are  in  the  earth,  are 
not  some  of  the  inhabitants  in  every  part  of  the  world 
learning  righteousness?!  Look  at  the  tragedy,  which 
is  now  acting  on  the  theatre  of  Kurope,  at  which  the 


■'  'i 


\: 


*Rev.  vii.  \3,  14. 


I  Isaiah  xxvi.  9. 


•tff,  -  ^  ■'  -i 


»ges  have  been  accluu;:!t°f,^  •"^';  """ohfo. 
'gnorance  and  superstition  h  ^'°'''  "''•^'* 

an  extent  a„,on  J  ~ '"''^  f -"<="  '<>  -  great 
for  better  ti.esf and  bSl;  ;"'  ^^^^  'he  wa, 
*«e  scenes  we  behold  d,e  Chr  J  ."""^'  '''"'<' 
ably   p^,erved,  awake   ,oh  "'"''  ''"^'"^ 

zealous  to  advance  them    tri^H  r"-'  '"'"""''  "'«' 

«:-.  yet  purified  and!::;  Sbrr'""7''°^''- 
n«"g  in  gloiy,  increasing  dat  ,n         I  '"*""«" 
•ending  her  influence  rapwt  1       r""^*"'  """  *''-• 
•Jewrathormanisrer;;:^^-'^-     Thus 
educed  out  of  evil,   order  out  Tcon^    '  ^  " 
<=h"rch.  during  this  dismal  per  Id  wm         "'     ^"' 
"el  in  the  land  of  Goshen    a    i       "^''"""^  ^''■ 
darkness,  which  was  felt  brll  ,.         ^'  '"'"^"  ">e 
her  members  „,„  ha^el t^  r^'l-^^SyP'-s, 

be  ^^hielded  from  the    tl  1        ""■  ''"'«"«''• 
'^ingoftheAlmig,«„     ^  ?5  "^  ""S^'  ""der  the 

obstinately  persist  in  doinrwLfee;,:'^'!'''  ?°  -" 
not  understand  theprophecies  „       ,  ''''°  ^'» 

°^  'be  times,  nor  l^TZ'-Z  """  "^  ^'^- 
'V.II  resemble  the  Egypti  „?!f ^""'"'^  °^  "^^^en. 
"-""ess;  the  .hing.,'Xr'beT  ""'"  J"*"'^"' 
'vill  be  hidden  from  th^r  "^  *°  'heir  peace, 

fi"  «P  the  measureof  ir-'    *'"  "'"  ""  "«  '» 

»«e  'Signal    overthrow,      -.f"!'  ^t  !!  "''^"  ^°' 

'or,   behold,   the  day 


I 


■,49t^-.«*ii 


^i  ^vhat  are  its  ef. 
'  by  it,  and  made 
^^"s  manner,  re- 
roM-ress  of  useful 
Ciirist,  which  for 
•at  region,  where 
mailed  to  so  great 
reparing  the  way 
•^  t'iin.?s?  Amid 
church  remarJc- 
^  interests,  and 
various  opposi- 
her  sufferings; 
"it)ers,  and  ex- 
worJd.     Thus 
G"D,  good  is 
"fusion.     The 
^  resemble  Is. 
"le  when  the 
'^e  Egyptians, 
•ir  dweliings, 
■el  under  the 
^ed,  who  wil] 
id  who  will 
■ve  the  signs 
5  of  Heaven, 
^er  judicial 
their  peace, 
'"  be  Jcft  to 
>  ripen  for 
^1   the  day 


31 

Cometh,  that  shall  burn  as  an  oven;  and  all  the 
proud,  yea,  all  that  do  wickedly,  shall  be  stubble;, 
and  the  day  that  cometii  shall  burn  them  up,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  that  it  shall  leave  them  neither  root, 
nor  branch.  But  unto  you,  that  fear  my  name,  shall 
the  Sun  of  righteousness  arise  with  healing  in  his 
wings.* 

Such,  as  we  have  now  exhibited,  is  the  evidence, 
that  the  prophecy  in  the  text  has  not  yet  received  its 
highest  and  ultimate  accomplishment,  but  is  now  re- 
ceiving it  in  the  events  of  the  present  time;  and 
such  are  some  of  the  effects,  which  we  may  expect 
to  follow  these  events.  The  application  of  the  sub- 
ject remains. 

The  period  of  the  world,  in  which  we  have  our 
probationary  existence,  is  an  eventful  period.  The 
aspect  of  the  times  is  portentous  in  an  uncommon 
degree.  Changes  and  revolutions,  which  aficct  not 
only  the  peace  and  prosperity,  but  the  existence  of 
nations,  are  continually  announced  to  the  public. 
Indeed  we  may  wow  say,  what  was  said  more  than 
twelve  years  ago,  and  with  still  more  evidence  to 
support  its  truth,  than  then  existed,  that,  "Wonder  has 
succeeded  wonder  for  so  long  a  period,  and  in  such 
regular  succession,  that  wonders  have  now  become 
the  ordinary  course  of  events."t 

•  Makchi  iv.  1,  2. 
t  Dr.  D  wight's  Sermon  on  4tli  of  July,  1798. 


m 


33 

.    *!^  *"'«"'» 'fleeting  ,|,e,evf,  ^ 

i-' -. he  prcoc,n„«disL^;;"''"^ ''"'»'-''- 
'he  a«™,io„  of  „y  a„di„„,7'  "  '°  ""''''"'-' 

.""=  "^'.^-  Of  ,Ke  ti!;:e:;.'°;t"°r-'^'ed.  .o 
'"  -.V  <lc,;ree  attained,  by  the  f  !  f"  ''"^"  '^"^" 
"'"V  presented  buforc  ;o,^  „. ,  J  T'"  -"^^^'vations 
P'-ceive,  what  arc  our   'I  ""'  "'^  ■"»-  '*«'%■ 

-  -iiy  pc..de;.;s:::r;,:r  •  -«■  ^ 

*"'  "ate  .,f  the  H-orld  il ,.  *''"""  "''  ""^  P^^^- 

°"  "'e  great  events,  which  11'-  '"  ""  •""•  '^^ 
-ni'-e  them  atte^iv,      ,  " ^"'"8  "^^'-e  us;  ,« 
;-Pi-cl  prophets,  and  the  ,Ze  tT""""'  °'  *^ 
f-  "...■  families,  f„r  ,,,  ehu  ch     ^    ,     '"'""''''' 
•0',  and  for  our  fe|,„w       "■„  '"'•  '^^'  <""■  «°"n- 

'Vhioh  wi.sdom  dictati    o       ^^ ','""'•     ^'■^  '^"-rse, 

f-  O'-r-i  es.  that  our  ol  „  ^    !"'  ''■*  '^'"'"'d  "e 
*"-^i..g  that  there  iT/r  '^'^'^^^0^; 

f'' --y  times,  buV  i^^'T'Vr"""^''- - 

«'-•     Ournextearesho    dL^""'^'''''  -^  P™tec- 
f-  a  part  of  ourselves  S^^'""''  '""'""ies.which 

f-hi-uilyinstruetedandt  e^'t  "^  """^'^ -d 
";""»  -  -.  P-Pared  to^ir^"';"^  "  '"■•'  ^  *' 
;'»'   'vhich  await   them    T  '".'  '"""''  *^  «ri- 
'"""  his  oiTsprincr  -md  ^-  '"°"'  P""-'"*.   "ho 

"™-'"^"'^^S'S:::'-^-°^.h:   : 

^v^tiiout  doing  all  he  can, 


■'■«'Sm«Mk' 


'  ^^en  to  awaken 
^'•a'.  and  particu- 
'^  assenibied,  to 
object  have  been 
"cl  observations 
^it'  more  readiJy 
^"tics,  and  be 
cm. 

ion  to  believe, 
'1  of  the  pres.' 
«  surely  high 
'  fix  our  eyes 

beibre  us;  to 
'Actions  of  the 
'or  ourselves, 
^^'•ourcoun- 

T'he  course, 
•"ce  to  these* 
re  should  be 

^"s,  nor  in. 

'nd  protec. 

iJies,which 
Sreiitly  and 

^^^  as  de- 

-  the  tri. 

^nt,   who 

t  of  the 

'^e   can. 


to  secure  their  salvation.  i\fter  that  vVC  should 
be  concerned  for  the  church,  the  ark  f  God,  in 
which  all  its  true  members  will  be  safe,  during  ^is 
stormy  period  of  the  world.  Her  interests  shoul''^  be 
dear  to  us.  For  her  prosperity  we  should  contiifaal- 
ly  pray.  "For  Zion's  sake,  we  should  not  hold  our 
peace,  and  for  Jerusalem's  sake,  we  should  not  rest, 
till  the  righteousness  thereof  go  forth  as  brightness, 
and  the  salvation  thereof,  as  a  lamp  that  burncth." 
While  we  perceive  a  deluge  of  troubles  about  to 
overwhelm  the  woi  id,  we  should  lift  up  our  warning 
voice,  and  do  whai  we  can  to  persuade  all,  over  whom 
we  have  influence,  to  enter  into  the  ark,  that  they  may 
be  safe.  Love  to  thut  country  also,  which  our  off- 
spring after  us  are  to  inhabit,  with  such  scenes  of  trou- 
ble in  prospect,  should  excite  in  us  deep  solicitude, 
and  prompt  our  fervent  prayers  for  its  reformation,  its 
safelit,  and  prosperity.  We  should  feel  a  tender 
sympathy  for  a  suffering  world,  and  pray  that  the 
righteous  God  would  in  mercy  cut  short  these  days 
of  his  vengeance,  and  hasten  the  period  of  the  Re- 
deemer's universal  reign,  when  his  will  shall  be  done 
on  earth,  as  it  is  done  in  heaven. 

These  duties  wisdom  prescribes  to  us  all;  and 
the  peculiar  aspect  of  the  times,  and  the  pros- 
pect before  us,  imperiously  demand  our  attentive 
performance  of  them.  The  friends  of  the  Redeem- 
er, we  have  reason  to  expect,  will  discern  these  pro- 
phetic signs  of  the  times,  and  be  prompted  by  them  to 
vigorous  exertions  in  his  cause;  but  the  eyes  of  his 

5 


\ 


(1 


44 

»emies  ,vill  be  dosed      -t. 

"■"^^''"l/r,  m,d  shall  no,  '  „  ,      "  ""'''"^''  "haH  do 

'■"-'  <v'.o  w„ „;;;  ^--c--  in«de.,  «„; 

""d  practice,  will  „o,p„el!  '""*'»   '"  ''•"-imc... 
''-""h.     Wl-ilehcif     ";,,:'''''«-  -  doing i„ 
'"='  """d.  .0  accompli,,,  h     S,      '"  '"''™'"^'«' '» 
-;  purpose,.  .,4  ^i^Z^T'  "'""'""'- 
JVhom  Gon  ,vi,|,  ,,  .^.^^     ''^  »'«  prospered 
'nfa,ua.ed.'-    Tl,e  Apo,  fe tf '    '  ^'"  ''"'"«='  '<>  l-^ 
""^■^  >vil,  come  in  .hUsuf    ^"""  "^  '^""""S'hat 

°f  h,s  coming?  f,,  ,i,     2  ;  ;-c  is  ,he  p,omi« 

^'"S^  continne,  as  iv  wU  if    T  ""  "^'^^P'  »« 
•he  creation...*     jf     "  '"^^^  ^"">^  tl'e  begi„„i„    of 

•■«'  -ch  language  be  htd     "T  ^"""'^  '''''l^-. 
^^^-  -  n,a„y  „,:,,  „;  ^^^l  •"  'hese  times,  ^1^ 

*«  surprised.  "'^    '"^''V."  we  slwll  „ot 

T'o  the  Cliristian  s    • 

*-  -nua,  and    nitf^  "°'^  "^^^'""H  to%ay 
'->'.^no,v.n,„„/^j>;;^-oGc„inhis3a^/ 

.    *'''*ers  and  Brethren    "Th  o 
'"S  'he  Gospel  amo.^  J^^^^^-'-o-P-pagat- 
NorthA^^;^^,,      J  *e  ^^^^^^^      and  others^n 

":W.shed  in  America,  and  Ir  ''T  "'  ""^  ""'"^  "" 
«'"•     ^'  has  been  LoJ^,"  ",''«  °f  «cent  ori. 

f„7-,  ^"""e'Wsperrt°h     "'."^^"'^  'h-e 
to  be/ieve   tint  ;.  '  "^^  ^^^^e  the  satisfy..- 

•'■'''  --rtions  have  been  :::::;::;" 


i/ij 


•  O 


-''eteriii.o^^ 


/^''^ked  shall  do 
[*•"    '"fields,  and 

^G«D  is  doing  in 
^'«  instruments  in 
-•**' intent  on  their 
«"*e  prospered 
'"^f  Permits  to  be 

^"'  ^varningthat 
'^'f'f,  walking  af. 

'  ^'s  the  promise 
«  f^^ii  asleep,  all 
^  ^^ginning  of 
^^*?"^d  appear, 
times,  which 
"  ^e  shall  not 


>b^ed,  to  pay 
"i  his  sane- 


*propagat. 
others  in 
lie  kind  es- 
ecent  ori- 
"ty  three 
tisfaction 
tensively 


35 

useful,  not  only  to  the  few  remains  of  Indian  tribck, 
still  among  us,  l)ut  more  especially  to  the  destitute 
inhabitants  of  the  eastern  division  of  this  Common- 
wealth, to  which  its  attention  has  been  hitherto  prin- 
cipally directed.* 

The  grand  design  of  this  Society  is  sufficiently 
expressed  by  its  name.  This  design,  its  members 
have  endeavored,  according  to  their  means,  to  ac- 
complish, by  supporting  Missionaries,  aiding  the 
settlement  of  Ministers,  patronizing  Schools,  and  dis- 
tributing the  holy  Scriptures,  and  useful  books  of 
various  kinds,  in  places  where  such  aid  seemed  pe- 
culiarly important.  The  funds  of  the  Society,  aided 
by  liberal  grants  from  the  Legislature,  for  a  coursQ 
of  years,  and  other  donations  of  large  amount,  which 
delicacy  forbids  me  more  particularly  to  specify,  have 
enabled  the  Society  to  do  much  in  these  ways,  for 
the  religious  improvement  of  a  large  and  very  useful 
body  of  our  necessitous  fellow  citizens.  For  a  few 
of  the  last  years,  the  Society  has  directed  its  atten- 
tion, and  a  portion  of  its  funds,  to  the  destitute  in 
several  of  the  neighboring  states,  f  The  field  of 
usefulness  is  every  day  extending;  and,  were  the  funds 
of  the  Society  much  larger  than  they  are,  they  could 
be  employed  to  great  ad\'antage  in  meliorating  the 
condition,  and  promoting  the  salvation,  of  the  igno- 
rant and  suffering  part  of  our  fellow  men. 

*  For  a  particular  historical  account  of  the  origin,  proceedinj^s,  an4 
present  state,  of  this  Society,  sec  Appendix. 

I  To  Kliode  Island,  Vermont,  New  York,  and  Canada. 


\' 


I 


/: 


n 


36 

;^^«*ei,.„eans/TL    •e^'"'''^^'"'''''^- 
«•<">s■  .he  liberality  with  ,  h  T!!  °'  """^  ^''»*"- 

-^.he.eal.i.l.'.J,:^^.'''^^-e-Ppor.ed. 

f-'-'abors  are  re.  rde^  ^  ''"^^"^  ^'"^  -Wch 
^^'  »d  to  the  cause  o?'  „  "^  T"  '«  «-  coun- 
members  of  .hi^  paren,  L  *"""•     i«  the 

l^y-'"  these  bene'vol  a:?  T"'  '''  '^  ^ 
""^"'s,  be  ani„,ated  with  il  °''  ''^^^'"  "'"biish. 
^'^  of  love  ,0  the  soul   ofT      "°  '"^  '"  ">eir  la 

maintain  the  ro  i     ,  '''^""'■^'W  men       / 

""I  tne  rank  thev  «..«-•  "'  and  still 

P'«  Jn  Christian       7^       '^"''  and   be   ■,„ 

'-iinstian  zeal  anrf  bj  i-  ^"  exam- 

institutions.     Let  ,„        ''  *^^'«y,  to  other  ,!„-i 
^^^  ^ove  to  Oor>  similar 

P'-ompt  and  govern  all  ol         '  ""^  '°^^  to  „e„ 

«ject  of  our  Institution.  ''^'^^"^P^^^/i  the 

*eUmes,a„dV:;X*^  ^'"''  -"-  -Pect  of 
'«':»"  in  all  parts  ^fZ    """'""'  '^'"'^''  -e  i„l 
glorious  object  ^u   ,      '  ''°"^'  to  effect  th.      ^' 


'm 


'  :'^te' 


I 


'""'^^^y,  many  oth. 

'*  ^^'^^^  Institu. 
^'^  supported, 
^"d  '^enevoient 
7  ^ith  which 
'^^  ^o  our  coun. 

^"^^^-     ^etthe 
'^'  ^«s  Jed  the 
'^^"^  establish. 
^«i  in  their  ia. 
'"^"^  ^nd  still 
^^  ^1  exam. 
°^^«-  similar 
^"^  to  men, 
"^  ^^ertions; 
g  the  ^'wise,  ■ 

^»3geofthe 
'"^Piish  the 


VH. 


i§' 


37 

ening,  upon  our  guilty  world,  and  which  are  prepar- 
ing the  way  for  the  millennial  peace. 

To  our  eftbrts  let  us  join  our  prayers  and  say, 
"Arise,  Oh  Lord,  let  thy  work  appear  before  thy  ser- 
vants, and  let  the  whole  earth  be  filled  with  thy  glo- 
ry." Let  the  united  prayers  of  the  multitudes  of  thy 
saints  on  earth  come  up  before  thee,  as  incense, 
that  the  great  voices  may  soon  be  heard  in  heaven, 
saying,  "Alleluia,  for  the  Lord  God  omnipotent 
reigneth."  "The  kingdoms  of  this  world  arc  become 
the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  of  his  Christ,  and  he 
shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever,  Amen." 


^  '''spect  of 
^''e  in  op. 
t^e  same 
nspire  j,s 
^vith  our 
'ting  the 
5t  thick. 


.,*/d 


■«b^~.. 


I 


fi 


ABC 

the 

guai 

Ptol^ 

Teinsl 

odtll 

awoj 

Jewj 

did 

the 

veti 

frot 


•"•    1.  »ii*illlll«»»HII.J|l 


.:*«iliftii»-.v  .  ,.n*«!»»«». 


1 

i 


NOTES 


J\rote  A.  p.  18, 

ABOUT  two  hundred  and  seventy  years  before  the  birth  of  Christ, 
the  Hebrew  Scriptures  were  translated  into  the  Greek  lan- 
guage, and  deposited  in  the  famous  Alexandrian  Library,  by 
Ptolemy  Philadelphus,  one  of  the  kings  of  Egypt.*  Here  they 
remained  neglected,  till  the  time  of  our  Savior.  At  this  peri- 
od this  version  was  rescued  from  obscurity,  and  brought  into  use 
among  all  who  spoke  the  Greek  language,  heathens  as  well  as 
Jews.  Our  Savior  and  his  Apostles  all  quoted  this  version,  as 
did  the  primitive  fathers.  All  the  Greek  churches  used  it,  and 
the  bible  of  the  Latin  churches,  was  a  translation  of  it.  The  con- 
verted nations  had  the  Scriptures  translated  into  their  language 
from  this  version,  as  the  lUyrian,  the  Gothic,  the  Arabic,  the 
Ethiopic,  the  Armenian,  and  the  Syriac. 

It  is  remarkable,  that  at  the  time  when  the  Septuagint  trans- 
lation of  the  Scriptures  was  made,  God  had  brought  under  the 
dominion  of  the  Greeks,  by  the  instrumentality  of  Alexander 
the  Great,  all  the  eastern  nations  of  the  world;  and  that  they  con- 
tinued members  of  the  Grecian  Empire,  at  the  time  of  our  Sav- 
ior, and  during  the  period  of  the  first  propagation  of  the  Gos- 
pel. "In  this  manner  did  God  remarkably  prepare  the  way  for 
the  preaching  of  the  Gospel,  which  was  then  approaching,  and 
facilitate  the  union  of  so  many  nations  of  different  languages  and 
manners  into  one  society,  and  the  same  worship  and  doctrines, 
by  the  instrumentality  of  the  purest,  most  copious,  and  correct 
language  in  the  world,  and  which  became  common  to  all  the 
countries,  which  were  conquered  by  Alexander."! 


Note  B.fi'  19. 

The  late  movements  among  the  Jews,  particularly  the  convo- 
cation of  the  Grand  Sanhedrim^  at  Paris  by  Bonaparte,  (July 

•  Various  fabulous  and  contradictory  accounts  of  this  translation  have 
been  given  by  Aritteas,  and  oilier  authors.  Those  who  wish  to  see  a  full 
and  satisfactory  view  of  this  whale  subject,  may  consult  Fricieaux's  Con- 
nections of  the  Old  and  New  Testament,  part  ii.  ch.ip.  i.  p.  28 — 64. 

f  Rollin's  Ancient  Histoiy,  vol.  vi.  p.  79.  Etheridge's  edition. 

i  This  Aasemblv  consisted  of  111  members. 


^^t'i>  1806,)  mav  , 
<ach  to  his  1    '"''^"btJcss  be  ^i     ^'"''^"''itiori  to  ari;?!      ''"^^ 

"".""g  which  th!yhlT  >«»'-'^.  d tltac  */,'» "i^'e,  We  bee„ 


#i 


.'ll 


.*»«i«4i».»"i  «; 


^'  nas  bee  I,  ^  .  ' 

,r  ^'-^'^  StT^' 

n  ^°  ^fWiere  V   •  '^ 
^^«n«Parte  1°'^' 

r^'  makes  M       * 

orcaeen.      ^  °" 

f/'^'e  tribes 

'7'«onajcb, 

I^nd.     Tbe 
'"«tenance 

^"'morta/ 
so  many 
^^cJi  the 
"^*<!'«'  6e. 

of  this 

'^m  are 
nay  be 


'#■■ 


41 

<!'  "In  return  for  his  gracious  protection,  His  Majesty  requires 
g  rclij^ious  pledge  for  the   strict  adherence   to  the  principles 
«ontained   in   your  answers.     This  assembly,  constituted  as   it 
ifs  now,  could  not  of  itself  give  such  a  security.     Its  answers, 
|fconvcrted  into  decisions  by  another  assembly,  of  a  nature  still 
moic  dignified  and  more  religious,  must  find  a  place  near  the 
Tulniud,  and  thus  acquire,  in  the    yes  of  the  Jews  of  all  court' 
^'triffs  and  of  all  ages,  the  greatest  possible   authority.     It  is  also 
the  only  means  left  to  you  to  nicet  t\\Q  grand  and  generous  views 
of  His  Majesty,  and  to  impart,  to  all  of  your  ftersuasiony  the  bless- 
ings of  this  new  era. 

"The  purity  of  your  law  has,  no  doubt,  been  altered  by  the 
croud  of  commentators,  and  the  diversity  of  their  opinions 
must  have  thrown  doubts  in  the  minds  of  those  who  read  them. 
It  will  be  then  a  most  important  service,  conferred  on  the  whole 
Jewish  community^  to  fix  their  belief  on  those  points  which  have 
been  submitted  to  you.  To  find,  in  the  history  of  Israel,  an  as- 
sembly capable  of  attaining  the  object  now  in  view,  we  must  go 
back  to  the  Great  Sanhedrim,  and  it  is  the  Great  Sanhedrim, 
which  His  Majesty  this  day  intends  to  convene.  This  senate, 
destroyed  together  with  the  temple,  will  rise  again  to  enlighten 
the  people  it  formerly  governed:  although  dispersed  throughout 
the  whole  world,  it  will  bring  back  the  Jews  to  the  true  meaning 
of  the  law,  by  giving  interpretations,  which  shall  set  aside  the 
coiTupted  glosses  of  commentators;  it  will  teach  them  to  love 
and  to  defend  the  country  they  inhabit;  it  will  convince  them 
that  the  land,  where,  for  the  first  time  since  their  dispersion, 
they  have  been  able  to  raise  their  voice,  is  entitled  to  all  those 
sentiments,  which  rendered  their  ancient  country  so  dear  to 
them. 

"Lastly,  the  Great  Sanhedrim,  according  to  ancient  custom, 
will  be  composed  of  seventy  members,  exclusive  of  the  Presi- 
dent. The  duties  of  the  Great  Sanhedrim  shall  be  to  convert  into 
religious  doctrines  the  answers  already  given  by  this  assembly, 
and  likewise,  those  which  may  result  from  the  continuance  of 
your  sittings. 

"For  you  will  observe,  Gentlemen,  your  mission  is  not  ful- 
filled; it  will  last  as  long  as  that  of  the  Great  Sanhedrim,  which 
will  only  ratify  your  answers  and  give  them  a  greater  weight; 
His  Majesty  is,  besides,  too  well  satisfied  with  your  zeal  and  with 
the  purity  of  J  our  intentions,  to  dissolve  this  assembly  before 
the  accomplishment  of  the  great  work  in  which  you  are  called 
■to  assist. 

"In  the  first  instance  it  is  fit  that  you  should  name  by  ballot  a 
committee  of  nine  memberiito  prepare,  with  us,  the  ground- 
work of  our  future  decssuions,  and  of  the  decisions  of  the  Sanhe- 
drim. You  will  observe  that  the  Portuguese,  German,  and  Ital- 
ian Jews,  are  equally  represented  in  this  committee.  We  also 
invite  you  to  aC([uaint  the  several  Synagogues  of  Eurofie  of  the 
meeting  of  the  (ireat  Sanhedrim  without  delay,  that  they  may 

6 


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i 


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42 

^<-"ficIcpuUCSubicto.>-|vP,n, 

and  orEinJ'e  to      •  ""?"H:"'^s  of  the  Fix-nch  P,      •   ''^^  *'"«  As- 

;--;0H05:f;i,  \Srs''"^^'  ^'''^^  -"h^oT"/?(^^ 

t'le  protection  mri  i,    ..     ^'*"f'°»^'^i  will  onen  ;°  .October 

the  Grand  S.nK   ?  •  ^  '"''"elites  of  Fra„kf  '       "^  ^^lajesty." 
ofthei.M-'e^:^^-"-'a..e  the  iollowh^txp  i^^^'^'^'Main',  to 

.   "May  the  ..lorious  ev        ,  indicative 

^'•^   <;/  ^V.  /t.^;/  .;"y '^^'"P'^  of  France  extend  A        . 
g'-ound  over  t  I  ,^ J}'''  ?'  ^^^'n^anity  of  £ 'l   •''°"?' ''''^'"«- 
cmulution,  by  whTeh  :.r''f''/^"^'  P''«^l"ce  a  noh  r'"''-^"  S^" 
ncssofouMHclS    n  .'^'f   "^^  a^lmitted   oi     ""t'"^«nt  of 

tion:  Maythei.tSc/'r'f  '-^   ^-•''^"''mh^ero^  ^^^P^" 
mournful  vn;^^    c     '^°J   ^nankind  lenH   o.,     '       *^'"  of  admira. 

to  cast  a  .oTofIr  "'^"''^^'  ""^ion    O  DKif  r  ^^T  '^'^  ^^^ 

"*   ^^ove  their 


tocastaloXo7;rcTon"'""^'- 
complacency?  \nZ\lo\x      ""  P^°P'« 

„  .A.ie  President.;,,  i,:,.  ...    , 


^'le  Pres  dent  in  I,;  ,  ^^^^^'^  their 

'/be  impulse  ^iven  hv  P.  "  ^'"^ 

,    "U'C  careti-of  est,,,.,,,        ,    .  '^^  fWifled 

I"  'S09,  a  society  was  f.         .  •  ^'''"'"'^^^^   ^^ 

Po«e  of  promotin^Me  /  ™'''."^  ^^^"^on  for  thn  . 
J-i^ey  commenced^tl  eh.  w''''^°"  ^^  ^^'e  Jew    to  r?-"'^  P"'" 

I-  been  ^^^^^^^^^  ^^i^S!^^  ^^^ 

'^luldre'n.     One  on?      "'•''"''  *«  ^^^v'    cont^J.     ''''     '^^''^"-  ^e^ 
,^^e"  '^apti^eS,  :,  i^';P';»cipal  Jews   n  the  ^1-"^'''^'  "^  '^^ 
.''^J-ned  Habbi  /ately  f  " )    „  'T  ^'^'^^^^  o  "  he"'"'  '?^^«  ^^tely 
'.»itb,  (,j,ci  ;,.   -,.,    ^"^"*^«^w/«f',  h.,.  „,  ,   ^  "^^   society.      / 

"'"""  """"-"We  fas  SS™?^" '""^  t„Jis,i„t 

°"'    ■"    'lOpi!     Unit    i„ 


43 


«entimento? 

'  '^f'mira. 
, ,    ^a'-  to  tj,e 

^^'Us  in  tj,e 

>  stcUes  iKiii 
|.  ffive  ve,u 

'en  for  I, 

"f'lces  of 

I'^^s  pi,,., 
'ftianitjr. 
I's  year, 
lat  theii- 

ciiapej 
1  even. 
"•  free 
of  300 

iatejy 
^;    A 

■^stiau 
'U   lit 


'may  become  a  miiiister  of  the  gospel,  in  due  time  among  his 
I  brethren  in  his  native  country.* 

From  the  foregoing,  the  reader  will  perceive,  that  the  first 
steps,  in  Divine  Providence,  toward  a  return  of  the  Jews  to  th(; 
Holy  Land,  are  probably  already  taKen,  in  the  events  now  broiight 
into  view.  The  Gruticl  Sanhedrim,  of  Europe,!  composed  of  re- 
presentatives from  every  community  in  this  f|uartcr  of  the  world, 
under  the  protection  and  direction  of  the  Emperor  of  France, 
may,  it  is  conceived,  at  no  ^rcat  distance  of  time,  attach  to  it- 
self, and  bring  under  its  influence  and  control,  all  the  scattered 
remains  of  this  people  througliout  the  globe.  Such  a  course  of 
events,  with  the  concurring  efforts  to  convert  tliem  to  the  faith 
of  the  Gospel,  it  is  easy  to  perceive,  prepares  the  way,  and 
very  naturally  leads  on  to  their  return  agreeably  to  prophecy,  tn 
the  land  of  their  fathers. 

"Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  now  will  I  bring  agai)i 
the  captivity  of  Jacob,  and  have  mercy  upon  the  whole  house 
of  Israel,  and  will  be  jealous  for  my  holy  name.  After  that  they 
have  borne  their  shame,  and  all  their  trespasses  whereby  they  have 
trespassed  against  me,  when  they  dwelt  safely  in  their  land,  and 
none  made  the7n  afraid.  When  I  have  brought  t'^em  again  from 
the  people,  and  gathered  them  from  out  of  their  enemies"  Imds, 
and  am  sanctified  in  them  in  the  sight  of  many  nations;  il^en 
shall  they  know  that  I  am  the  Loud  their  God,  which  caused 
them  to  be  led  Into  captivity  among  the  heathen:  but  I  have  gath- 
ered them  unto  their  own  land,  and  have  left  none  of  them  any 
more  there.  Neither  will  I  hide  my  face  any  more  from  them: 
for  I  have  poured  out  my  Spirit  upon  the  house  of  Israel,  saith 
the  Lord  God."| 


.Vote  C.  ft.  20. 

The  Russians  were  the  first  to  survey  the  North  West  coast 
of  America.  After  thera.  Cook,  Meares,  Dixon,  Vancouver, 
La  Perousc,  and  many  other  al)le  navigators,  American  as  well 
as  European,  have  almost  perfected  our  knowledge  of  this  coast. 
Mr.  Hearne,  in  1769,  to  1772,  and  Mr.  Mr  kenzie,  in  1789,  pro- 
ceeding from  the  English  settlemerut--  .>  Hudson's  Bay  in  dif- 
ferent courses  to  the  N.  W.  visited  the  Frozen  Ocean.  In  1792, 
1798,  the  latter  gentleman  had  the  honor  of  being  the  first  Eu- 
ropean, who  visited  the  Pacific  Ocean,  by  an  inland  journey  from 
the  English  settlements  above  named.  Captains  Clarke  and  Lcav- 

*  Christian  Observer,  vol.  vlii.  p.  739. 

I  Eui'opc  contains  pi'ol)ably  one  lialf  the  vvliole  number  of  Jews  on  tlu- 
globe;  ami  tliesc  embrace  almost  llic  whoU-  of  the  learning  aiul  talents  (»( 
the  nation.     More  tlian  13,000  Jews  inliabit  tin;  sin^^^le  city  of  l'raj;ii>. 

i  Ezei;;''l  \xxi.\.  J.>,  to  the  end. 


»     » 


Tv' 


4 


r^i^K,  _ 


44 

'*>  under  the  iii<ini<>       r 

"■    The  S  a    \^'='«'^  Ocean,  at  thi  m" '7'?"'  ''■■^mselve. 
;!:Wch,  accoXg  .oX°  •""^"■«"t  on  .hTs"c„t?  S™""  "'• 

Hudson  £,  „^°  r"  »«  »preadtneir'°"/' "^ ^''"O  ^ul" 

Canada,  ^h  '  "°''  '"  '"'ei-estinff  d^.„  •  "untry  Mr.  Cart- 
already  in  c„  ™"".""-"i"e  '"hab.'Lt  „f  f'T^  "-I  "'  Upper 
«l>emselves  i^^P™"  passing  thrMp/.i   1  ^l"'"'  S^tes  are 

Wy  soon  beeonTe  't .    '"""'  ">  ">«  Sifie  O.'"""?-    ^o"- 


^StrS  ?''™-'-far'^r^^^^^  a„d  ,he 

«al  and  ,„„  «  "Jom  the  missionaries  II.'^^  J""."'™  "i- 
»"tlements,  coS,  .?"  «  ""^  '"''aWtants  a  Jf  .  '".''"^S  with 

0>t-ta>{-,  ^«^Vl    «n  1  J^'''''*^Jans   have   «,;c  • 

among  the  piori^'^'''''^'^-     J"  tWs  ?o,d'°"T''  stationed  at 

|S  cJ3»  i«s  ^:5S-"«^ 

Jans,  .were  remarAblv  W'r  '  '"P'''*t«*  ^LTthT!!^  "J^^  ^^d 
vine  vvorshin.  ^ ., '^^•^"'y  dUicyent  in  ti    .    ^'  ">at  the  nobi.  tn 

•""ity  .Sed'tTnTor  '"^"'^^  "-a  "dSr™"  "^»  dI 
had  established  sch^iiV """■  ""=  gospel  "  Th  '"  ""T  oppor- 
"« '^P-e.ented  as  ^^flt '''«>«ru?utn  ofc"""''"«^es 

•  Hassel..  Tabic..,  ,80,  '  ''™'  ^-f  """"ff 

"nt,s  of  tile  Brethren.  1804. 


I '!f  fnd  the 
heathen  i„. 

^'^ethzen. 
"®  Danish 

'tioned  at 

J?y  and 
'«*»'■  In- 
Pon  Di, 
oppor- 
^'^aries    ■ 
>yhich 

>  ha\'e 
mada; 
^v   at 
nong* 


4« 

the  Delaware  Indians,  on  the  Wabash;*  in  Surinam,  Soutli 
America,  at  Paramaribo,  Bombcy,  imd  Hoop,  on  the  Corentyn; 
also,  in  the  Danish  West  India  Islands  of  St.  Thomas,  St.  Croix, 
and  St.  Jan.  In  these  islands  they  have  five  settlements,  in 
which  the  number  of  Negroes  in  their  congregations  amounted, 
in  1807,  to  10,557.  In  1805,207  adult  negroes  were  added  to 
these  churches  by  baptism.f  To  Demcrara,  Monte  Video,  Ihi- 
enos  Ayres,  and  other  stations  in  South  America,  and  in  sever- 
al of  the  West  India  Islands,  missionaries  have  been  sent  from 
England;  and  a  number  also  into  Nova  Scotia,  Newfoundland, 
and  the  other  British  colonies  north  of  the  United  States.  Add 
to  these,  the  various  religious  associations  in  the  United  States 
support  missionaries  among  the  Cherokee  Indians  in  Ten- 
nesee;  the  Wyandots,  at  Sandusky,  on  Lake  Erie;  the  Oneidasi 
and  the  remains  of  the  Stockbridge  tribe  in  New  York;  the 
Marshpee  and  Vineyard  Indians  in  Massachusetts,  and  the 
Narragansetts,  at  Charlcstown,  Rhode  Island.  And  beside  these 
are  supported  a  great  number  of  temporary  and  stationary  mis- 
sionaiies,  along  the  extensive  frontier  of  the  United  States,  and 
in  the  destitute  parts  of  their  interior  settlements. 


J\/'ote  E.  fi.  21. 

Without  pretending  to  a  precise  knowledge  on  the  subject,we 
reckon  withinthe  limits  oftheUnitedStatcs,  at  least  Mir/j/Mission- 
ary  Societies  of  different  descriptions  and  denominations  of  Chris- 
tians;and  Jifteen  Bible  Societies;  the  latter,  all  instituted  within 
the  last  three  years,  and  three  fourths  of  them  withinthe  last  year. 

Theological  Institutions  have  been  established  at  New  York, 
(1805,)  by  the  Associate  Reformed  Church;  the  stated  number 
of  students  from  about  10  to  15.  Also  at  Andover,  in  Massachu- 
setts,(  1 808,)the  whole  number  of  students  since  admitted,  between 
iixtyyxi^  seventy. \  Andat  New  Brunswick, New  Jersey,(  18 10,) 
by  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  which  is  just  commencing  its 
operations.    The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 

•  This  tribe,  witliin  a  few  years,  has  been  visited  by  a  Delegation 
from  the  Stockbridge  Indians,  (wlioare  under  the  care  of  Rev.  Mr.  Ser- 
geant) at  the  head  of  which  is  Captain  Hendrick,  with  a  view  to  intro- 
duce among  them  the  Christian  religion,  and  the  useful  arts.  This  mis- 
sion has  been  patroniscil,  and,  in  partsiiiiported,  by  The  Society  for  prop' 
agating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians,  &c.  A  .school  was  to  l)e  establisli- 
ed  here,  and  a  master  oftlie  Stockbridge  tril)e  was  engaged,  and  went 
on  with  the  Delegation,  to  keep  it.      See  Appendix. 

•f  See  No.  46,  of  their  Periodical  Accounts. 

i  Four  of  these,  viz.  Messrs.  Adoniram  Judson,  Samuel  Newell,  Sam- 
uel Nott,  and  Samuel  J.  Mills,  have  already  devoted  themselves  to  mis- 
sionary labors  in  foreign  countries,  and  two  others  are  destined  to  a  mis- 
sion in  the  interior  of  Georgia,  and  are  on  their  way  thither. 


4 


'•'^ais^,  . 


^'''^te  J^.  Ji.  23. 


J 


V:  '''^"''^  arc 

Purpose  of 
J'"  ^"ffianc?, 


r '•  of  the 

*^c/rect. 

'«^a  have 
'esire  to 
oenev- 
cuiaud 

itherto 
i>  in  a 
^S  Ob. 
''■  and 
?forts 

'atcd 
long. 
Ling- 
ion 

ast 

it- 
ie 
1- 
n 


4r 

thousand  miles  in  lcnp;th,  and  thereby  aflbrd  a  peculiarly  Jav  • 
oraliU-  ()|)])()iuinity  for  giving  a  new  direction  to  tlic  indiisd-v 
and  comniercc  of  Africa. 

"To  ])rc'vcnt  misconception  concerning  the  views  and  nu'aii- 
ui'cs  of  th(^  Afridin  Institution,  it  may  be  proper  in  the  lirst  in- 
stance to  declare,  that  it  is  the  Society's  fixed  detcrnunation  nol 
to  undertake  any  religious  mission,  and  not  to  engage  in  com- 
mercial speculations.  The  Society  is  aware  that  there  already 
exist  several  most  respi  ctablc  Institutions  formed  for  the  dif- 
fusion of  Cln-istianity,  and  means  not  to  encroach  on  their  prov- 
ince. It  may  also  bo  proi)cr  to  premise,  that  it  will  natin\illy 
become  tlie  duty  and  care  of  the  Society,  to  watch  over  the  exe- 
cution of  the  laws,  recently  enacted  in  this  and  other  countries, 
for  abolishing  the  African  Slave  Trade;  to  endeavor  to  prevent 
the  infraction  of  tliose  laws;  and  from  time  to  time  to  suggest 
any  means  by  whicli  they  miy  be  rendered  more  efi'cctual  to  their 
objects;  and  likewise  to  iideavor,  by  communicating  informa- 
tion, and  by  other  approj/  itc  methods,  to  promote  the  Aboli- 
tion of  the  African  Slave   Trade  by  Foreign  powers. 

"The  means  which  it  is  pioposed  to  employ  for  the  purpose 
of  promoting  civilization  and  improvement  in  Africa  are  of  the 
following  kind. 

1.  "To  collect  and  dift'use,  throughout  this  coiuitry,  accurate 
information  respecting  the  natural  productions  of  Africa,  and,  in 
general,  respecting  the  agricultural  and  conmiercial  capacities 
of  the  African  Continent,  and  the  intellectual,  moral,  and  politi- 
cal condition  of  its  inhabitants. 

2.  "To  promote  the  instruction  of  the  Africans  in  letters  and 
in  useful  knowledge,  and  to  cultivate  a  friendly  connexion  with 
the  natives  of  that  Coniinei\t. 

3.  "To  endeavor  to  enliglitcn  the  minds  of  the  Africans  with 
respect  to  their  true  interests;  and  to  ciiftuse  information  amongst 
them  respecting  the  means  whereby  thoy  may  improve  the  pres- 
ent opportunity  of  substituting  a  beneficial  commerce  in  place 
of  the  Slave  Trade. 

4.  "To  introduce  amongst  them  such  of  the  improvements 
and.useful  arts  of  Ein-ope  as  are  suited  to  their  condition. 

5.  "To  promote  the  cultivation  of  the  African  soil,  not  only  by 
exciting  and  directing  tiic  industry  of  the  natives,  but  by  fur- 
nishing, where  it  may  appear  advantageous  to  do  so,  useful 
seeds  and  plants,  and  imi)len»ents  of  husbandry. 

6.  "To  introduce  amongst  the  inhabitants  beneficial  medical 
discoveries. 

7.  "To  obtain  a  knowledge  of  the  pvincipal  languages  of  Af- 
rica, and,  as  has  already  been  found  to  be  practicable,  to  reduce 
them  to  writing,  with  a  view  to  facilitate  the  difl'usion  of  informa- 
tion among  the  natives  of  that  country. 

8.  "To  employ  suitable  agents  and  to  establish  correspcnd- 
*nc<»s  »s  shall  appear  advisable,  and  to  encourage  and  reward 


I 


Jlz.  pX^:?ro"f:,;;'e„'jr,,,"-"'""'"  -=  „„„ ,..,.,  „,,  , .' 

Vour  SS  h"w  '  '"^^'"•^nts  of  Great  Br  Li ^"'.'^ ''""  ^^^^n 
subtle  cTu's  on  ,  Xcir'  ""  '"'^«*^""  to  SL^e,^""'"' America, 
would  have  rec  Jr"   '  "?''"'  P'^^tiscd  in  this  .    T^'^  ^^^^he 

practices  'rcrorcEr;  h  ^'^  P— "t/in'of  S'  ^''.'^"^' 
the  Swedish,  Spun  sh^'^' "J*PP*^'»'«.  t'^^t  Amc rican  l'  ""°"' 
ing  under  their'^^  n,  i.avo  ^'"''''^^0,0  tt^g.^^Xo,'^'^''  "«'"? 

purpose  of  procSgt^Pr'"'  '"  ^'-' A?."! rsAr?  '"/' 
'  'rtugal,  8cc.     Wh^*  r'**^^*'  to  carry  to  the  mi^^-        '  '"''  the 

nal  m  any  American  dtize  ,  L  1?."'^''''''  ••«"'««""rit  5lhi;'"" 
as  a  capitalist,  or  as  «..  ..!?  '      '**^  ^Uffaged  i„  this  h.  V 8^"'^  pe- 

Great  Britain  am  '^  °^^""'  »  contract  or  aJ."    ""''^''  ""X  cir. 
«lmJl  be  eXovverlM  T^  ^''"^  *''«  exists  1??' M'^^^^ 
their  AbolK         s  "'r''""»^''e'y,  and ^u' tmilv  ?i^  "f  °"« 
"biting  the  forei^rsiav^rr.''"'"'  '^^  AmeS^  ^.^/"^^''^e 
iiavc  no  cruisers  on  th.?      ''''/'  ^'''^  ^  'lead letter  L       '   P''«- 
tudes,  to  carry  them  •       ""'^  °^  Af.ica,  or    „    h«  ?  ''^""^  tbey 
^'erstood,  thif  fe  "J^V'ff^t.    If  onChoweveV  V^'^^^  ^^ti- 
•^"untry,  a«  ^01'?:^^^^^'  ^'^'^tors  of 'tj  :t;7;i\.^ere  ,„. 

nox.ous  to  seizure  by  BHfi,i?'-'"^'''^«  «f  bumlni?!*''^"' °^n 
nation,  much  more  would  hi  T"'"-''^'  ^"^'  to  suSS,  ''^'I  °''- 
grand  obstacle  to ^r  V^"  ^^  ^'oneinafcu  n,n,.th   ^     "^^^^^fJem- 
^ise  be  effected?n  a  V"?P''°r'"^"t  of  Afr^!"  J^^^  remove  the 
tiemen  abovememi     ^^T'?  °^  J^««rs-    On  hi"!      k  •  ''""^^  ^^^er. 
tbcir  influcnc^?"''"'^  ''^^*^   been  stronlil  ""^^^^  t^e  gen- 
government  of  t^e  KT.^  ^''"ngners^S;  Th""'^  *°   "se 
"lent,  to  which  r  !     ""^'^  "^tatesj  to  accede?         ,  P^''*  of  the 
this  side  of  JieV'a^^Pf'.^r^d  ^^^  "-«  d t^^^,?"  agree! 
ouJy  to  Africa  bm  f  '   "'^  ^''°"™  which  manv  h         ^'^Jection  on 

*  The  first  vear  thev  am  ""questionably 


*  The  first  ve,rthev«  «- Would  ur 

.-theya.oa„tedto29r6/.2.6...ter,in,. 


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strentftlien  in  the  tnindn  of  all  l)cncvo|cnt  incii,  tiic  rxistinfv  iiiu* 
tivcH  lor  desiring  u  perfect  amity  to  be  ncrpctuatitl  between 
them." 

It  is  hoped  that  the  American  government  m  d  people  are  not 
wantinfj^  in  u  d  »puHition  to  lend  their  le^islati*  "  lid  and  private 
influence,  to  il.o  accompliHhment  of  un  objeci,  which,  when  un- 
dcrstood  in  all  itn  contemplated  coDHcquenres,  cannot  tail  to  cx> 
cite  the  warmcHt  approbation,  and  even  aduiiration,  of  every 
humune,  upright,  and  liberal  mind. 


M)te  G.  /I.  35. 

We  have  received  from  Rev.  Dr.  Carey,  an  authentic  account 
of  the  state  of  the  truiislationb,  and  printing;  the  Bible,  in  Nov. 
18U9,  as  follows. 

State  q/'  Printing  and  T/antlatin^  the  iiiblcf  N:;vevibir  9,  1809. 

Translulcil  ">  HiinUHl  to 

N.  Tvstu.     O.  Testament-  N.  Tcst.imcnt 


Sun^sknt, 

Bfiij^lce, 

OiisKu, 

Hindr«o8tance, 

Muln-atta, 

Seek, 

Chinese, 

Giizeratee, 

Tolinjfa, 

Kernata, 

Biirman, 

(1)  Persian; 

(2)  Malay, 
f3)'ramiil, 
(4)Malayalu, 
(yjcinijiacse, 


Till  whole  Cli  VII. 
Ditto  Tlif  whole 

Ditto  Job  to  Jtr. 

Ditto  Jobtu  Mai. 

Ditto  Job  to  Prov. 

Ditto  Griirsis 

Ej)liesi:ins  Not  begun 
Acts  Ditto 

The  whole  Gen.  to  Job 
Ditto  GfiK'sis 

Uncei'tain  Not  brgiiu 
Ditto  Ditto 

'Ihewholc    riie  whole 
Ditto  Ditto 

Acts  Not  hegtin 

Ifncertain  Uncertain 


'I'lic  whole 
Dii'o 
Ditto 
Rom.  xii. 
John's  t^ospcl 


1  sheet conipo.s'd   Ditto 


O.  Testament. 

Exodus  XXX. 

Ditto 

Job  to  Isa. vi'ii 

Not  begu  1 

Ditto 


Mat.  xii. 
Not  bejjiin 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Ditto 
Matthew 
'I'lie  whole 
Ditto 
Not  hi.j?Mn 
The  Gospela 


Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Whole  Am  1758 

Ditto 

Not  beg  in 

Uncertain. 


WILLIAM  CAREY, 


For  a  particular  account  of  these  translations,  the  reader  is  re- 
ferred to  the  Panoplist,  and  Missionary  Magazine,  for  June, 
18  0.  p.  36. 

To  the  above  information  we  add,  that  tlie  New  Testament 
has  been  translated  and  printed  in  the  Turkish  language,  by 
Mr.  Brunton,  a  missionary  from  the  Edinburgh  Missionary  So- 
ciety in  Tartary,  and  thus  prepared  to  be  distributed  and  rea«l 

•  The  copy  is  imperfect  hen. 

fXj  By  Rev-  C  Murtyn  and  N.  Sabat.  C2j  Printed  by  the  Dutch  Gov 
frnment,  17.55.  foj  By  the  Missionaries  on  the  Coast,  fij  By  the  Syrian 
itishop.  f5)  Uncertain.  All  the  other  translatiins  mre  in  our  hunil.i.  May 
*he  Lord  ennldr  tm  rnjinish  them. 


I. 


iO 


"Ho  the  .y;v/i.>  ,,  •  ^  ^'^  «'hle  lias  lone-  sinrn  "'°''*'  than 
'^"t  has  been  '  ;  '^/'T'/  ^"'"^'^^  i«  «Poken  L  f "  ^''^^slated 
t'"^  easur".  kJ  '      "^^   '^>'  '"^^ns  of  [hcZZ   ^^^'^  ^"  Arabia, 


I 


IfJ 


.J 


£SS->  Slif  ^fe»  -ho  Kas.  „„u.3,  i„ 
'p  '^'■'"'j'««.,;-,  ,fl„,  '.t'".'™''  "1   llio  Arabian  .1  •'^^Wms 

pn/ice    Iiimseif  ^..7    ^"''"''^  miracle^    li  .         ,     coujury.     »,,, 
was  iblJovv  -d  I  i  '^"^'^'■^"=f<i  the  Ch  -isnV,       -'r''^^  ^''^"^  o,^     -fh, 

t^*^.  '-eJig-ion  of  the!  ?  "•°"'''  «P«ii  their  trf  '""^J^'^ts.     xL 
^^•^^•;her  J,e  used  to  reti.'"?''-^'  P"'-S"ed  tie  An    ','"^  ^^'"Atc 


*=  ^^^^'■">tor,vol.v;.p.43. 


.     ,    ;n   scvcvul  places,  no  less  tluai 
.♦  iheir  fivsl  avnval   m   sc\cu     y 
numbers,  at  ti  c  .ijumiUes.  g^.  George 

fifteen,  or  ■'^if"'^  "'       tccrv,  senior  chaplain  ot  t^"^^    ,       ^yi,!. 

"tote.    Thrir  vevy  rn«'  \'^^^,Ja.  p.  5 1 8,  »  532 

"^^!S£^:;n -^f  Sir -;i^^ 

quotes,  AS  "'•.       g^niiiimeli.-.,  li"' -'^  1  , 

88.     Osor.us  de  rebus  ui  ^lescv'iptio".  pvc.)- 

the  Apcstles.        .        .  .    ^.^   ^Ue  lbU<nv\..K  move,  i-i     Ucs^     i  ^,^^ 

Hindoos  ave  "'^"^^'^  .'iin.istuu-.s.lo  V;OnuAe  tU. 
uddtotl.emoto.-^V^_^,,     •■ 


iS^  doos  ave  i''Volve<  ,>>---      ^^,       ,nuAe  tin;  s,  ■ 

"Ill  to  the  «^''r;;i^,SVSon;it  is  ly-  -^^^-   t'i;  i,  not  cnsy 
gospel  in  tb.s  ^'^  "F„^^,'  ys)  seen  t\ua  darh'c,.,    '^^  ^,^  i^. 


to  dcy- 

Us  mvpitudc  '^"^^^t'  :\aces  o  •  tlvc  cavth  .re  iuH  -'.^       J);^"  ,^,^,„.i,  offered 
'»•''  ,  rViicrpvostvate   at  tl>^  ^'o'  AW-foveaChvis- 

o     ;?  .  Dr  fi«c««««"'*  5emo'.  before  ue 


'/l 


i 


H/; 


3S 

^In  the  Caucasian  Mo,.„,  ■  '^  ^''™  i'' 

CSVClfo~»  B,ae.  Sea,  U  . 

bless  themfovn^  ?"^  Suvio?.  ^L^  n'"''^"^?-^  Jesus cS 

?"PPer.     TheyTave  n?  '"'  .""^  ^d^nini  ter  tt  ""^'  '^^^«  P>ies  « 
^ng  of  them.     Thel  h"^?."^  ^^'"'ch  books  huJ  I    ^"'"''"^^nt  of  the 
said,  some  of  themCi^;;"^"  ^"  *  future   L°'^  "«*  the  mean! 
P'-^y  night  and  d^'     t?°''  ""der  deep  con^l?"^^"*'     They  aTe 
Preservftion  of ThriJ^^y  ^°"«ider  their  nr/f"'  ^^^'"'  «^d  to 
^nnoculate    their    AfM''""^  ^'"ong  then//''^''^^tion,  and  the 
enclosed  with  tlL     ^'^'■^"  for  the   sS      ^  "'^'"^cJe.    Ther 

^^--onyarcSrtT'^'"'  ^^-drncl^ofTjit ''^^:,  ^^^^'- 
,  "*4  and  Jive  in 

fc«2"ie,voJ.„.p.45j,^  harass,  Tartary,  Feb.  1806.    See 


> 


Mesus  Christ 
'ament  of  the 

.fs'n.a/idto 
:?""'  and  the 
^^^e-    They 

^d  Jive  in 


1806. 


See 


APPENDIX. 


INDIANS. 

Marahfiee  and  Martha's  Vineyard  Indians. 

The  Society,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  May  1809,  voted  to 
propose  to  the  Corporation  of  Harvard  College,  to  take  the 
whole  charge  of  the  Marshpee  and  Martha's  Vineyard  In- 
dians; and  that  the  Society,in  consideration  of  their  acceptance  of 
such  proposal,  take  upon  thein  to  make  the  payments  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Sergeant,  heretofore  made  by  the  Corporation.  This  proposal 
was  accepted;  and  the  Society,  at  a  meeting  in  November  fol- 
lowing, voted,  "That,  in  conformity  to  an  agreement  with  the 
Corporation  of  Harvard  College,  the  Rev.  John  Sergeant,  Mis- 
sionary to  the  Stockbridgc  Indiums,  receive  from  the  Treasurer 
of  this  Society  120  dollars,  it  being  the  sum  which  he  has  usu- 
ally received  from  said  Corporation  annually,  in  part  of  his  sala- 
ry; and  that  this  be  in  addition  to  the  100  dollars,  which  he  has 
usually  received  from  the  Society." 


;  1 


Stockbridgc  Indians. 
Mr.  Sergeant  continues  his  Journals  with  precision,  and 
transmits  them  to  the  Society  with  punciuuliiy.  In  June  1809 
is  the  following  important  entry:  '^Captain  Hendrick,  whose 
name  has  been  often  mentioned  in  my  Journals,  some  time  in 
October  last,  succeeded  in  part  of  his  business,  which  was  to 
obtain  from  the  Miamis  and  others,  the  nutive  owners  of  the 
country  on  White  River,  an  Indian  title  to  the  same  for  his  na- 
tion, together  with  the  Delaware  and  Munsee  tribes.  In  De- 
cember he  went  with  a  number  of  others  to  the  seat  of  govern- 
ment.    From  the  President  of  the  United  States  he  "biaincd  a. 


i\. 


'he  Indian  affairs  on  White  r";;'^''?""™'  ">  -P«™.e„d 
handsorae  suppon.  Hearrivcl  I  '  *""  ''"  '"  ">  ""i™  a 
-  -.out  again  i„  Apri,  f„  .L"w:  ^I'f  "■'^'  '"  M-h, 
companions.  western  Country  with  a  few 

"Before  he  left  this  place  he  t„M 

-"id  be  settled  to  the  General  slL  '  ""  ""^  *-'? 

•h^   Delaware  and  MuLeeTr  C^:'™"' '''' '»''--■•  tJ 
raents  on  this  river:    That  the  ,.1,  """'''  '"'8=  settle- 

-uld  he  opened  im„e;  t^    tT""^^  "  '"'"'  ^""^^ 
-on  hear  fr„„  Mm  on  the  sublect."       ''""™=    '"^'  '  ^''ould 

Mr.  Sergeant  concludes  his  J 
place,  where  I  have  resided  with  TT  ■  ''*'  '*"""'"«,  "This 
ha.  proved  unhealthy  for  nrtr/^^^^hout  ten  years, 
which  account  I  have  found  it    IV      "      ""  "" '""'"y  <"> 
move  them  about  fou-  J,2Z  """T"""^  "^"''"-y '»  .-e- 
..eighhorhood  of  white  p,c"l'7'    ™'  '«»«.  -«  in  the 
State,  to  which  I  have  a  goo  !■„"        ,  "    '  °'"'"""<' '"""  ^e 
Indian  ground,  only  ,„  ,„„„    'f '  "'''""  "»"■  -o  land  on  the 

-ned  the  Indians  i„  .heir  ,Lp„,  |  I'^r  "'  "'""^  '  ">"- 
a»kcd  the„  forany  reward,  nt"  i  j!?  ""■^°'-"'  '"ever 
»>-ll  .ne,  ;u>y  of  their  lands.-  ">'  "'"'  «"''  •"■  even 

In  the  Journal  irrm;.^.,*-       r 

'"-.tracts  fr„„;c::;;rL^^^^^^^^^^ 

proposed  school  am„n^  the  D..|.  ,  ''  '''«"»  to  the 

•he  firs,  letter,  dated,  .f,VhteRr"."'"     ''''"■'''"■'"- 
'-  ehtained  a  «„al  ;nsr;:::     ^^  ""'  '"''    '  '-"  »' 
who  reside  on  White  River  wi.l,         ^"'"""e  '"be  of  Indians 
'°bese.,.p„„o„g,,,,„      ;;      ''  -»Pect.„  'he  school  proposed' 

^'-.b„ts.mi,,„,.„— «.^^^^ 

S^'-cnt.       Extract  from  the 


of  said  tribes 

offered,  and 
superintend 
to  receive  a 

^e  in  March; 

[yvvitJiafew 


every  th..jg 
lians;  That 
ge  settle- 
ohn  Jacobs 
at  I  should 


>&»  "This 
ten  years, 
amiiy;  on 
ary  to  re- 
d  in  the 
^'•om  the 
d  on  the 
I  have 
^ never 
or  even 


55 

second  letter,  dated  Septembci-  3,  "We  are  still  here,  attend- 
ing to  inslructiiig  the  poor  heathen  in  the  vuy  of  civilized  life, 
in  cultivating  their  lands.  See.  We  constantly  enjoy  their  sniilcs, 
and  intire  approbation  in  every  plan  we  recommend."  Mr.  Ser- 
geant subjoins:  "I  learn  from  some  of  our  people,  Avh©  have  re- 
turned the  fall  past,  (but  have  promised  the  western  Indians 
to  go  back  next  spring)  that  some  of  the  old  Chiefs,  who  were 
much  in  favor  of  promoting  the  instruction  of  their  children  are 
dead.  Other  Chiefs,  who  have  now  the  government  of  their 
Tribes,  are  not  so  friendly  in  this  business,  but  with  much  pa- 
tience and  perseverance  Hendrick  expects  to  gain  his  point, 
■with  respect  to  school  affair  ,  as  well  as  the  introduction  of  the 
Gospel.  There  have  been  t-.velve  children  born,  and  only  two 
deaths,  the  year  past." 

In  a  letter  to  the  Secretary,  dated  January  \,  1810,  Mr.  Ser- 
geant mentions  "the  new  difficulties  Hendrick  has  to  struggle 
with,"  (in  regard  to  the  Western  School)  and  adds,  "I  have 
good  reason  to  hope  all  difficulties  will  be  finally  surmounted. 
I  expect  every  mail  to  hear  from  him  again.  If  any  of  your  So- 
cieties in  Boston  have  Bibles,  Testaments,  or  Psalm  books,  to 
bestow  on  the  poor,  I  could  give  them  away  to  much  advantage, 
not  only  to  inquiring  Indians,  but  to  white  people,  who  arc  poor 
and  destitute.  I  might  mention  Negroes  and  Mulattoes,  from 
whom  I  often  have  application.  There  seems  to  be  a  consider- 
able degree  of  seriousness  amcng  whites  and  blacks  in  this  vi- 
cinity." 


( 


[bllow- 
to  the 
ft'om 

iveat 

Jians 
> 

»osed 
irely 
I  the 


jYurrugannet  Indians. 
The  Society  has  recently  paid  particular  attention  to  the  Nar- 
RAGANSET  INDIANS.  Thc  Rcv.  Mr.  CoE,  duHug  his  mission  at 
Rhode  Island  the  last  year,  repeatedly  performed  religious  ser- 
vice among  them.  He  also  made  inquiry  concerning  their 
numbers  and  condition;  the  result  of  which  appears  in  the  fol- 
lowing statement  of  the  Secretary,  compiled  chiefly  from  Mr. 
Coe's  Journal,  and  connnunicatcd  to  the  Society  at  thc  late 
semi-annual  meetinjf  in  November. 


\ 


56 

"Thk  whole  nuinV)ci'  of  Indians  at  Charlcstown,  considered  u» 
•f  the  Narraganaet  nation,  is  about  140  or  150  souls.  One  half 
of  this  number  may  be  under  the  age  of  25  years,  and  may  learn 
to  read.  By  intemperance  and  inattention  to  business  they  are 
all  reduced  to  poverty,  and  some,  to  an  extreme  degree.  They 
are  subject  to  the  general  laws  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island:  but 
their  internal  affairs  arc  under  the  direction  of  a  council  of  five 
men  of  theii  own  nation,  and  one  Avhite  man,  appointed  by  the 
State.  By  them  lands  are  leased;  provision  made  for  the  poor; 
and  the  persons  belonging  to  the  tribe  ascertained.  The  quan- 
tity of  their  land  is  estimated  at  about  three  square  miles;  most 
of  the  valuable  part  of  which  is  let  out  upon  hire;  a  large  por- 
tion is  reserved  for  wood  and  timber;  and  a  small  part  is  culti- 
vated by  tillage.  Very  few  clear  Indians  are  now  on  the  land; 
as  they  have  for  ages. been  intermixing  with  whites  and  blacks. 
None  are  entitled  to  any  part  of  the  inheritance,  except  those 
who  have  descended  from  their  females;  hence  a  number  of 
others,  of  mixed  nations,  live  among  them,  who  by  their  cus- 
toms are  not  of  the  tribe. 


"They  were  first  converted  "from  public  idolatry"  under  the 
ministry  of  the  Rev.  Mr.Whitefield,  Mr.  Davenport,  and  others, 
more  than  sixty  years  ago.  Rev.  Mr.  Fisk,  of  Stonington,  offi- 
ciated among  them  a  part  of  the  time  as  Missionary,  for  many 
years.  Their  Christian  church,  composed  of  persons  of  differ- 
ent nations,  consists  of  between  40  and  50  members.  They  had 
a  preacher  of  their  own,  John  Segeteu.  who  died  about  two 
years  since.  He  could  read,  and  was  a  man  "of  some  informa- 
tion." They  still  carry  on  worship  on  Lord's  days  among  them- 
selves; and  have  the  only  house  of  public  worship  now  in  this 
town.  A  school  house  was  formerly  built  by  the  Society  in 
England  for  propagating  the  Gospel,  and  a  free  school  was  sup- 
ported for  their  instruction,  until  the  commencement  of  the  rev- 
olutionary war,  after  which  all  provision  of  that  kind  was  discon- 
tinued; and  their  school  house  has  lately  been  blown  down. 
Their  predispositions  arc  in  favor  of  the  education  of  their  chil- 
dren in  schools.     When  a  school  was   kept  three  winters  ago 


[sidei'cd  u» 
One  half 
|may  learn 
they  arc 
c.     They 
iland;  but 
iJ  of  five 
'd  by  the 
^he  poor; 

'he  quan- 

[es;  most 

•ge  por- 
is  culti- 

he  land; 

'  bhicks. 

Pt  those 

iibcr  of 

cir  cus- 


der  the 
others, 
n»  offi. 

'■  many 

differ- 

eyhad 

Utwo 

orma- 

hem- 

I  this 

ty  in 

sup. 

rev- 

con- 

•wn. 

hil- 

ago 


57 

about  two  miles  from  them,  15  Indian  children  went  to  it;  and 
when  they  heard  that  the  white  people  talked  of  opening  a 
school  among  them,  they  took  a  great  interest  in  the  subject, 
and  made  inquiries  in  Newport,  from  time  to  time,  respecting 
it.  It  is  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Coe,  that  a  Schoolmaster,  who  would 
be  able  to  assist  the  Indians  in  public  devotion,  and  read  to  them 
the  Holy  Scriptures,  may  be  of  essential  service;  that  an  able 
preacher,  who  would  undertake  to  teach  the  children,  and  offi- 
ciate occasionally  in  the  vicinity,  would  be  more  extensively 
useful;  and  that  a  teacher  of  the  school  for  the  natives  and  un- 
cultivated whites,  and  a  public  reader  of  the  Word,  may  per- 
haps be  profitably  emnloyed  a  part  or  the  whole  of  the  season 
among  the  tribe  and  in  the  vicinity." 

The  Secretary  further  informed  the  Society,  that,  conforma- 
bly to  a  vote  of  the  Select  Committee,  he  had  a  conference  in 
August  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Patten,  the  President,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Tenney,  the  Secretary,  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and, relative  to  the  erection  of  a  school  house  for  the  benefit  of 
those  Indians;  that  several  questions  on  this  subject  were  left 
with  them  in  writing;  that  Mr.  Tenney  soon  after  visited  the 
Indiums;  and  that,  by  letters  since  received  from  him,  it  ap- 
pears, that  a  school  house,  with  additional  apartments  fitted  to  ac- 
commodate u  Schoolmaster  or  Missionary  with  lodging  and  diet, 
may  be  built  foi-  five  hundre-i  dollars;  that  the  Indians  desire  to 
have  such  a  house,  and  have  engaged,  in  council,  to  find  tim- 
ber, and  cut  it,  and  to  give  such  additional  aid  toward  it,  as  will 
very  considerably  k  ssen  the  expense  of  the  building;  and,  that 
the  Rhode  Island  Missionary  Society  have  voted  one  hundred 
dollars  towards  it. 

Whereupon  the  Society  voted, 
"That  two  hundred  dollars  be  granted  from  the  Alford  fund, 
towurd  the  erection  of  a  school  house  at  Charlestown,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Narragansct  Indians." 


1, 


-^  » 


Henobscot  Indiana. 
Particular  inqtiiry  has  been  made  respecting  the  state  of  the 
PENonscoT  Indians,  and  the  prospect  of  improving  their 
condition  by  missionary  labors.  On  this  subject  letters  of  in- 
formation have  been  received  from  Rev.  Mr.  Chapin  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Jenks;  whose  statements  coincide  with  those  of  a  more  re- 
cent communication  from  Rev.  Mr.  May,  one  of  the  Society's 
Missionaries,  which,  though  of  discouraging  aspect,  in  regard 
to  fireaent  efforts  in  behalf  of  those  Indians,  contains  important 
facts  and  remarks,  which  may  serve  for  the  future  guidance  of 
the  Society,  should  the  way  be  providentially  opened  for  a  mis- 
sion to  that  tribe. 


'..I 


Wyayidot  Indiana. 
Intelligence  of  the  newly^established  mission  at  Sandusky,  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Wyandot  Indians,  induced  the  Society,  the 
last  year,  to  contribute  towards  its  support.  The  worthy  Mis- 
sionary, Rev.  Joseph  Badoer,  visited  Boston  and  its  vicinity, 
and  gave  so  intelligent  and  satisfactory  an  account  of  the  origin 
of  this  mission,  of  the  manner  in  which  it  is  conducted,  and  of 
the  hopeful  prospect  of  its  utility  in  imparting  to  those  wild 
aborigines  the  united  benefits  of  civilization  and  of  Christianity^ 
that  from  societies  and  individuals  he  received  such  contribu- 
tions, as  animated  his  zeal  and  encouraged  his  perseverance. 
This  Society  grunted  one  hundred  dollars  towards  the  mission^ 
which,  from  late  accounts  appears  to  promise  success.'*' 


DISTRICT   OF    MAINE. 

The  Society,  the  last  year,  aided  the  settlement  of  Rev.  Da- 
vid Smith  in  the  town  of  Temple,  in  the  District  of  Maine,  by 
granting  the  town  and  society  200  dollars,  on  condition  that  Mr. 
Smith  be  permitted  to  spend  four  months  in  the  year  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  the  service  of  the  Society.  A  Committee  of  the 
Church  and  Town,  in  a  letter  to  the  Society,  requesting  its  "as- 
sistance in  establishing  Gospel  privileges  and  ordinances  among 


See  Pimoi>lisl  fji*  Scptcmbt-r  and  October,  1810. 


Ite  of  the 
jng    their 
|ers  of  in* 
and  Rev. 
more  re- 
Society's 
[in  regard 
[important 
lidance  of 
for  a  mis- 


idusky,  for 
cicty,  the 
[orthy  Mis- 
ts vicinity, 
the  origin 
ted,  and  of 
those  wild 
hristianity, 
contribu- 
severance, 
c  mission, 


Rev.  Da- 

Maine,  by 
1  that  Mr. 
as  a  mis- 
!e  of  the 
ig  its  «as- 
Bs  among 


59 

them,"  observed,  in  reference  to  Mr.  Smith:  "The  Congrega- 
tional Church  and  Society  in  this  town  are  united  in  the  call  and 
measures  taken  for  his  settlement."  The  Secretary  of  the 
Maine  Missionary  Society  observed  on  this  subject,  "Temple  is 
forty  miles  from  Hallowell,  north  of  west,  and  is  an  important 
stand,  as  a  frontier  establishment.  I  very  much  wish  ihey  may 
be  able  to  accomplibh  their  desires  in  the  settlement  of  the  min- 
istry; but  I  see  no  prospect  of  it  at  the  present  time,  unless 
they  can  obtain  gratuities  from  some  benevolent  Society." 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Lovejov  was  stationed  the  last  year  by  the  So- 
ciety where  he  was  the  preceding  year;  and  was  paid  for  four 
months  service.  He  received  additional  contributions  towards 
his  support  from  the  towns  in  which  he  performed  his  services. 
In  Sedgwick  he  spent  13  weeks,  and  "found  the  people  to 
which  he  preached  very  ready  to  receive  him;  and  they  readily 
contributed,  as  was  expected,  to  his  support."  "But  the  mem- 
bers of  the  chuich  seem  like  sheep  scattered  upon  the  moun- 
tains. There  appears  to  be  no  prospect  of  their  settling  a  min- 
ister, unless  they  should  unite  with  the  people  of  Penobscot." 
The  rest  of  his  services  to  May  1809,  were  performed  at  Vas- 
salborough.  "I  have  more  reason  to  think,"  observes  Mr. 
Lovejoy,  "that  I  have  been  useful  in  this  place,  than  in  any  other 
since  I  had  the  honor  of  entering  into  the  ministry."  Accord- 
ing to  his  Journal  he  preached  160  times;  catechised  children 
15  times;  attended  8  prayer  meetings  and  3  conferences;  bap- 
tized 8  children,  and  distributed  several  of  the  Society's  books.* 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Mav,  according  to  the  first  number  of  his  Jour- 
nal, from  July  to  November  180*i\  spent  15  Sabbaths  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Society,  preached  8  weekly  lectures,  visited  90  fam- 
ilies, attended  3  church  meetings,  and  3  funerals,  and  once  ad- 
ministered Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper.  He  afterwards  re- 
sumed his  missionary  duties,  and  continued  his  Journal  to  the 
20th  May,  1810.  After  divine  service  on  a  Sabbath  at  Sunk- 
hayes,  where   he   had  frequently  performed  missionary  duty* 

•  Tins  Missionary's  Journal  for  the  presnit  year  is  not  rercived. 


>  ■' 


'•the  people,"  he  observes,  "having  learnt  my  expected  removal 
to  Brownsville,  and  the  improbability  of  my  visiiinfj  them  again 
as  a  Missionary,  expressed  many  thanks  to  mc,  and  through  me 
to  the  Society,  for  my  past  services,  and  hoped  still  to  experi- 
ence the  benefaction  of  the  Society,  should  they  send  another 
Missionary  into  this  vicinity.  This  people  is  at  present  averse 
to  sectarians,  and  friendly  to  Congrcgationalists." 


1 

I 


At  the  close  of  his  Journal, Juno  1,  1810,  ho  remarks:  "Ihavc 
never  had  to  preach,  as  I  remember,  to  less  than  20  persons 
since  I  have  removed  to  these  infunt  settlements;  there  have 
generally  been  present  nearly  double  that  number;  sometimes 
70  persons  have  attended.  But  at  no  one  time  have  so  many 
been  present  as  I  thought  might  have  conveniently  assembled. 
But  the  number  that  attend  public  worsiiip  rather  increases  than 
otherwise.  The  people  in  general  appear  friendly  to  the  stand 
which  I  have  taken  among  them;  none  appear  to  offer  any 
farther  opposition,  than  is  necessarily  implied  in  their  negli- 
gence of  public  worship;  and  I  still  think  that  extensive  good 
may  be  done  by  the  Society's  employing  standing  Missionaries, 
if  it  be  but  for  a  few  month^  in  the  year,  in  these  increasing  and 
important  settlements." 


A  respectable  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  Brownsville,  in  a 
letter  to  the  Secretary,  dated  the  24th  Oct.  1809,  returned  their 
thanks  to  the  Society  for  Mr.  May's  occasional  labors  among 
them,  and  solicited  the  continuance  of  their  benefaction.  "Wp 
are,"  they  observe,  "an  infant  settlement,  the  first  attempts  to- 
wards settling  the  town  being  made  in  1806;  and,  as  happens  in 
most  new  settlements,  we  cannot  as  a  people  contribute  sub- 
stantially to  the  support  of  a  preached  Gospel,  which  is  render- 
ed dear  to  us  by  our  former  habits  and  early  education."  After 
mentioning  the  good  acceptance  of  Mr.  May's  services,  and  his 
willingness  to  reside  with  them,  they  "earnestly  solicit  the  So- 
ciety, if  it  be  consistent  with  their  benevolent  views,  to  facilitate 
that  event  in  such  a  manner,  that  we  might  for  a  part  of  the 
>imc  have  the  benefit  of  his  ministerial  labors."     The  inhabit- 


Pted  rcmovaj 
tljcni  again 
J  through  mo 
|IJ  to  expcri- 
pcnd  another 
cscnt  averse 


Iks:  "I have 
^(>  persons 
there   have 
sometimes 
ve  so  many 
assembled, 
••eases  than 
to  the  stand 
to  offer  any 
heir  negli- 
iisivc  good 
issionaries, 
reasing  and 


sville,in  a 
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I's  among 
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faciiitate 
t  of  the 
inhabit- 


61 

ants  of  the  plantation  of  Williamsbiirgh,  in  a  letter  of  nearly  the 
same  date,  and  in  reference  to  the  same  object,  observe:  "There 
are  four  townships  in  this  vicinity,  viz.  No.  3,  and  4,  in  the 
seventh  range,  and  Brownsville  and  Williamsburgh,  which, 
from  their  local  situation  and  occasional  intercourse,  are  more 
connected  with  each  other,  than  with  any  adjacent  settlements, 
and  are  wholly  destitute  of  religious  instruction  of  any  kind,  ex- 
cept what  they  have  recently  received  at  the  hands  of  the  Socie- 
ty, for  which  they  would  express  their  unfeigned  gratitude." 
In  consideration  of  these  statements  and  requests,  the  Society, 
at  its  last  annual  meeting  appointed,  Mr.  May  to  a  mission  of 
three  months  in  each  succeeding  year,  for  three  years,  in 
Brownsville  and  the  vicinity.  Mr.  May  is  accordingly  now  set- 
tled with  his  family  at  Brownsville.  The  Proprietor  of  the 
town  has  granted  him  a  lot  of  land;  and  the  Proprietors  of  No. 
4,  and  Williamsburg,  two  of  the  towns  in  which  he  is  instruct- 
ed to  perform  missionary  service,  have  contributed  towards  his 
support  1 1 3  dollars.  The  number  of  families  in  the  four  town- 
ships, in  which  his  entire  services  are  to  be  performed,  is  about 
sixty,  "beside  these  there  are  many  young  men  without  fam- 
ilies, who  are  clearing  lands  to  prepare  habitations  for  them- 
selves." Mr.  M.  writes,"!  live  in  the  centre  of  these  four  town- 
ships. There  appears  to  be  a  disposition  in  the  people  in  gene- 
ral to  attend  on  my  ministration  of  the  word,  so  far  as  is  consist- 
ent with  the  local  situation  and  employments  of  the  inhabitants 
of  a  newly  settled  country,  though  there  are  some  exceptions." 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Webster  perforaied  a  mission  of  three 
months  at  Eastport  and  in  the  vicinity;  and  his  labors  appear  to 
have  been  acceptable  and  useful. 

Rev.  Mr.  WiLLisTON,  the  last  year,  performed  a  mission  of 
about  three  months  at  Monmouth,  in  the  District  of  Maine;  and 
his  services  were  very  kindly  received  and  gratefully  acknowl- 
edged. There  are  about  20  families  in  the  Congregational  So- 
ciety there;  and  they  appear  to  be  desirous  of  having  the  Gos- 
pel prcachcd;'<o  them,  and  "willing  to  support  it  as  far  i's  is  in 


/  'i 
f   '1 


^i' 


their  power."  They  contributed  toward  the  mission  according 
to  their  ability;  and  were  very  unwilling;  to  purt  with  the  Mis- 
ttioimry.  "Even  tlie  women,"  us  one  of  the  Society  informed  uS} 
^'proposed  a  contribution;  and  it  was  truly  an  uflecting  sight, 
to  sec  the  widow  and  the  fatherless  contribute  their  mitu  lo 
cheerfully." 


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The  Rev.  Mr.  Shaw  spent  two  months  in  the  service  of  the 
Society*  at  Jefferson,  Lincolnvillc,  Mortviile,  Pukrmo,  Huer- 
lem,  Vassalborough,  Fairfield,  and  Waterville.  "On  Subbath 
days  there  was  generally  large  collections  of  people;  lectures 
on  week  days  generally  thin,  it  being  a  busy  season  of  the 
year.  Many  appeared  grateful  to  the  Society  for  their  bcnevo« 
lent  exertions  in  supplying  them  with  a  preached  word." 

The  Society,  it  will  be  perceived,  directs  its  attention  where 
the  opportunities  are  fuvorable,  to  stationary  missions.  Mis- 
sionaries and  others,  who  have  the  best  means  of  judging  of  the 
advantages  of  these,  compared  with  itinerary  missions,  give 
them  a  decided  preference.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Jcnks  of  fiuth,  in  a 
letter  of  the  1 1th  September  last,  to  the  Secretary,  observes: 
"The  practices  of  locating  missionurics,  so  judiciously  adopted 
of  late,  bids  fair  to  be  productive  of  much  good.  Our  Society 
in  this  quarter,  are  giving  attention  to  it,  and  find  it  accelerates 
the  settlement  of  ministers.  You  will  congratulate  us,  dear 
Sir,  on  the  flattering  prospect  of  extending  usefulness.  Four 
ministers,  it  is  thought,  will  soon  have  been  added  to  the  num- 
ber of  those  in  Oxford  County,  within  a  year.  That  part  of  the 
District  will  then  be  tolerably  provided  for,  and  thus  allow  the 
attention  of  these  benevolent  Societies  to  be  extended  east  of 
the  Kennebec  with  efl'ect,  and  even  of  the  Penobscot." 


It  is  with  peculiar  pleasure,  that  the  Society  learns  with  what 
spirit  and  intelligence  measures  are  adopted  in  the  District  of 
Maine  for  the  diffusion  of  useful  knowledge,  human  and  Di- 
vine, among  the  inhabitants.  Impressed  with  a  regard  for  the 
rising  generation,  a  respectable  number,  in  different  counties 


JM 


according 
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Irotn  Portland  to  the  Penobscot  region,  have  asRocintcd  upon 
an  extcnsivp  phin,  and  arc  now  incorporated  under  the  name  of 
"The  Eastern  Society  for  propagating  the  knowhdgc  of  the 
sacred  Scriptures,  and  eHtublibhing  Christian  Order,  Instruc* 
tion,  and  Piety,  in  the  District  of  Maine,"  In  a  letter  to  the 
Secretary,  giving  an  account  of  this  new  Society,  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Packard  observes:  "Wc  propose  not  only  to  regard  with  alleviat- 
ing tendi-nuss  funiilies  destitute  of  the  Bible,  but  to  manifest  a 
peculiar  solicitude  for  the  rising  generation.  It  is  u  part  of  our 
plan  to  urge  Preceptors  and  School  i  dusters  to  institute  weekly 
inquiries  concerning  the  morals  and  improvement  of  their  pu- 
pils; and  we  have  agi  .cd  to  reward  diligence  in  reading  and  un- 
derstanding the  holy  Scriptures,  by  b'^btowing  on  the  most  dili- 
gent in  that  important  'iranch.  Bibles  anM  Testaments  accord- 
ing to  their  merit  anncuaccd  by  their  instructor." 

F  IIODE    I8T.AND. 

Continued  representations  of  ihe  extr«'',,e  wa't  of  religious 
instruction  in  many  towns  in  the  State  /  ir  .ode  Island,  induced 
the  Society  to  employ  a  Missio.ry  theic  the  las;  ,nd  the  pres- 
ent year,  as  well  in  reference  o  th-  exigences  ji  Jic  white,  as 
of  the  aboriginal  inhabitants.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Patten,  in  a  letter 
to  the  Secretary  ilutfd  May  30,  1809,  observes:  "Th<?rc  is  suf- 
ficient employniinl  in  difi'ercr.«  pi  rts  of  the  State  for  at  kas( 
two  Missionaries  more  than  o'u-  Society  can  furnish,  as  there 
arc  several  considerable  towns  destitute  of  the  stated  preaching 
of  the  Gospel,  and  many  scattered  settlements,  which  cannot  be 
visited  without  much  labor  and  expense  of  time,  and  which  will 
have  no  opportunity  of  hearing  the  Gospel,  unless  by  Missiona- 
ries. It  will  be  >:.  eat  assistance  and  encouragement  to  the 
Missionary  Society  of  this  State,  and  confer  an  important  obli- 
jation  on  the  people,  should  the  Society  for  propagating  the 
Gospel  cr>"'ider  those  destitute  among  us,  as  proper  objects  of 
their  atieniion  and  charity."  In  another  letter  from  a  gentle- 
man of  eminence  in  Rhodelsland,  dated  Sept.  1 1,  1809,  it  is  ob- 
served:  "The  first  settlers  of  this  State  made  no  provision  by 
law  for  the  support  ©f  tlie  preaching  of  the  Gospel  or  of  public 


(1 


64 

schools;  and  their  successors  down  to  the  present  lime  have 
followed  their  example.  The  means  of  instruction,  however, 
through  the  exertions  of  individuals,  are  not  wanting  in  our  sea- 
port towns.  In  the  adjacent  country  a  degree  of  neglect  still 
prevails,  as  to  these  matters,  reproachful  to  us  as  a  people. 
How  the  condition  of  the  people  in  general  is  to  be  improved, 
unless  by  the  charity  of  the  more  enlightened  of  other  places,  I 
know  not.  Our  country  towns  are  illy  furnished  with  meeting 
houses,  and  still  worse  with  public  teachers.  I  know  not  of  any 
part  of  New  England  where  the  labors  of  a  Missionary  would 
be  of  more  service,  or  are  more  needed." 


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Mr. 


I'  ■• 


For  the  appointment  of  the  late  Rev.  Mr.  Emerson  to  a 
mission  in  the  southwestern  parts  of  Massachusetts,  including 
also  a  part, of  Rhode  Island,  and  for  a  dor.ution  of  fifty  dollars, 
the  Society  has  I'eceived  the  thanks  of  the  Rhode  Island  Mis- 
sionary Society. 

Rev.  Mr.  Coe  was  employed  last  year,  on  a  mission  of  four 
months  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island  and  the  vicinity.  During 
his  mission  he  repeatedly  visited  the  Narraganset  Indians. 
''Monday,"  says  his  Journal,  "I  rode  to  the  Indian  house  of 
worship  (at  Charlestown,)  and  the  tribe  generally  attended,  to 
whom  I  again  preached;  upon  Acts  xiv.  30,  31.  They  appeared 
very  serious  and  attentive."  After  worship  Mr.  Coe  desired  the 
Council,  and  as  many  as  he  thought  proper,  to  stop  a  while.  He 
gave  a  Bible  to  one  of  the  members,  "it  being  observed,  there 
was  not  a  Bible  owned  in  the  church,"  He  also  gave  them  two 
of  Watts's  Psalms  and  Hymns  and  a  Testament.  He  then  pro- 
posed to  them  questions,  the  answers  to  which  appear  in  the 
foregoing  statement  respecting  the  Narraganset  Indians. 

Mr.  Coe  performed  missionary  services  at  Freetown,  Fall- 
river,*  Tiverton,  Westport,  Dartmouth,  New  Bedford,  Charles- 
town  (Narraganset,)  South  Kingston,  Richmond,  Gloucester, 

*  A  village,  partly  in  Massachusetts,  and  extending  over  the  line  int'> 
Rhode  Island,  "respectable  in  numbers." 


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68 


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Ihowrever, 
our  sea- 
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Foster,  Coventry,  Hopkingtcn,  Westerly,  and  Little  Compton. 
The  Church  in  Dartmouth  voted  unanimously,  that  their 
thanks  be  presented  to  the  Society,  "for  the  labors  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Coe  the  present  year." 

In  this  mission,  which  was  closed  in  October  1 809,  Mr.  Coe 
preached  109  times;  administered  the  Lord's  Supper  5  times; 
attended  7  conferences;  made  8  visits  at  schools;  baptized  3 
children;  assisted  at  2  church  meetings;  attended  one  funeral; 
admitted  one  person  to  church  fellowship;  distributed  all  the 
books  committed  to  his  care;  and  made  370  family  visits. 

"Throughout  the  southerly  and  westerly  part  of  the  State," 
says  Mr.  Coe,  "there  is  no  constant  stated  worship,  I  believe, 
attended,  excepted  by  the  Sabbat;isians  and  some  others  in 
Westerley  and  Hopkington,  by  the  people  called  Quakers  in 
South  Kingston,  and  the  Iidians  in  Ciiarlestown.  Two  houses 
of  worship,  and  churches  of  our  order  in  those  parts  have  long 
since  been  demolished.  I  saw  four  houses  of  worship  for  the 
Baptists  forsaken,  and  others  much  out  of  repair.  The  people  in 
general  are  greatly  averse  to  the  supporting  of  ministers.  Some 
devout  people,  chiefly  of  the  Baptist  brethren,  are  to  be  found, 
however,  in  most  places,  who  treat  Missionaries  MUth  decent 
hospitality.  In  most  or  all  of  those  places,  they  may  have  oc- 
casional preaching  by  Baptists  and  others.  In  some  other 
parts  of  the  country  they  have  stated  worship  of  the  different 
orders  of  the  Baptists." 

The  account  given  by  one  of  the  Missionaries  respecting  the 
lax  state  of  morals,  particularly  of  the  profanation  of  the  Lord's 
day,  in  some  parts  of  Rhode  Island,  is  very  affecting.  "Seve- 
ral of  my  friends  at  ■  ■  told  mc  that  one  of  their  neighbors,  on 
that  sacred  day,  had  25  men  engaged  in  mowing  his  grass." 
"In  the  country  of  about  40  miles  I  passed  from ,  the  peo- 
ple live  generally  without  public  worship;  and  no  public  teacher 
of  any  denomination   statedly   labors  among  them."     At  , 

Lord's  day,  "I  had  three  meetings,  but  their  custom  has   been 


\. 


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to  have  only  ouf  in  u  day.  The  second,  being  near  their  usuat 
lime,  was  mosv  attended.     The  audiences  were  attentive;  but 

many,  it  was  suid,  were  at  work  upon  their  hay."      At , 

"Mrs.  I  himentcd  the  want  of  a  meeting  to  attend,  and  ob- 
3crvcd,  that  the  Sabbath  was  generally  spent  in  visiting."  «I 
rode  about  five  miles  and  preached  at  a  private  house.  In  this 
part  of  the  country,  the  people  who  attend  appear  to  hear  with 
care.  In  this  house,  the  woman  mentioned,  that  she  had  not 
heard  a  sermon  before  for  nine  months.  They  told  me  that 
most  of  the  people  in  the  neighborhood  spend  liOrd's  days  in 
their  common  business,  and  that  no  stated  meeting  was  attend- 
ed within  eight  miles.     Religious  order  is  little  known  in  this 

part  of  the  country,  even  at  tables."     At ,  "in  compliance 

with  the  desire  of  a  poor  boy,  I  gave  him  a  Testament.  He 
■  was  in  his  eleventh  year,  and  could  not  tell  who  made  him,  and 
had  no  knowledge  of  existence  after  death."  Lord's  day.  "In 
the  morning,  young  men  and  women  were  seen  riding  on  a 
party  of  pleasure."  "On  our  return,"  from  public  worship,  P. 
M.  "wc  met  a  number  of  white  men  returning  from  fishing, 
with  fish  in  baskets." 

VERMONT. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Sargeant  of  Chester  performed  one  month's 
missionary  service  in  the  neighboring  towns  of  Reading,  Wes- 
ton, Perry,  Landgrove,  and  Londonderry.  At  Peru  he  preach- 
ed in  an  unfinished  school  house,  "the  only  public  building  in 
the  town.  The  settlement  has  been  effected  within  the  last 
seven  or  nine  years.  The  town  contains  between  40  and  50 
families."  In  neither  of  the  four  Ikst  named  towns  is  there  any 
meeting  house.  "No  church  in  Landgrove,  nor  any  attempt  to 
gather  one."  "The  people,"  Mr.  Surgcant  observes,  "have 
thankfully  received  the  services  from  the  Society,  which  ap- 
pointed me,  and  solicit  the  continuation,  should  it  be  the 
good  will  of  the  Society." 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Osgood,  since  our  last  publication,  spent  three- 
uionlhs  in  the  service  of  the  Society,  in  the  upper  parts  of  Vrr- 
moni  with  apparent  success. 


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67 


GENESEE. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Oliver,  was  employed  the  last  year  on  a  mis- 
sion of  three  months  in  the  Genesee  country.  He  went  beyond 
the  Genesee  river.  The  journey  in  the  whole,  was  about  1350 
miles.  He  preached  65  times;  attended  one  funeral;  visited  1 1 1 
families;  bapti/^'jd  7  children;  administered  the  Lord's  Supper 
once;  and  formed  one  church.  "This  was  in  Genesee,  not  far 
from  the  Genesee  river.  The  church  is  strictly  upon  Congre- 
gational principles."  The  Lord's  Supper  was  administered  in 
that  church  soon  after  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ayer,  a  Congregutional 
minister  of  Bloomfield.  "In  Bloomfield,"  where  Mr.  Oliver 
preached  as  a  missionary,  "the  preaching  of  the  word  appeared 
to  be  attended  with  a  Divine  blessing.  When  I  left  the  place," 
Mr.  O.  observes,  "the  attention  was  increasing.  They  have 
one  faithful  minister,  Mr.  O.  A.  but  there  are  four  societies. 
The  people  in  that  town  and  other  places  return  their  thanks 
to  the  Society  for  propagating  the  Gospel,  for  your  mi;  sionary 
exertions,  and  hope  they  will  be  crowned  with  desired  suc- 
cess. For  hundreds  of  miles  the  people  stand  in  need  of  mis- 
sionary labors." 


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The  Bible  Society  of  Massachusetts,  and  other  Bible 
Societies  in  the  Commonwealth,  formed  since  our  lust  publica- 
tion, co-operating  with  this,  will  essentially  lessen  the  expendi- 
tures of  our  Society  in  the  purchase  of  Bibles;  and  thus  enable 
it  to  do  more  in  extending  Ciiristian  knowledge  to  remote  In- 
dian tribes,  and  in  supporting  missions  in  the  new  settlements. 

Twenty  three  years  have  elapsed  since  the  Society  was  in- 
corporated by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts.  The 
funds  were  commenced  by  a  collection  from  the  Congregation- 
al churches,  under  sanction  of  a  Brief  granted  by  the  govern- 
ment.; and  have  since  been  augmented  by  a  private  subscrip- 
tion among  the  members  of  the  Society,  and  other  pious  and 
benevolent  persons,  and  by  sundry  donations  and  legacies. 
Sketches  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  Society  may  be  found 
in  its   preceding  publications  to  the  year  1808.     A  chasm  thr 


68 


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last  year  was  occasioned  by  the  indisposition  of  the  late  Sccicta- 
ry,  which  did  not  permit  him  to  deliver  the  anniversary  sermon. 
An  appropriate  discourse  was  delivered  before  the  Society  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Channing;  but  as  it  was  accommodated  to  the  oc- 
casion on  very  short  notice,  the  preacher  did  not  see  fit  to  com- 
ply with  the  request  of  the  Society  to  give  a  copy  of  it  for  the 
press. 

Since  the  last  account  of  the  state  of  the  funds  in  1808,  seve- 
ral donations  have  been  received;  and  if  the  Society  has  expe- 
rienced less  public  patronage  than  at  former  periods,  it  has 
been  peculiarly  animated  to  the  prosecution,  as  well  as  assisted 
to  the  performance,  of  its  duties  by  the  generous  donations  of 
Its  respected  President. 

The  Society,  sensible  of  its  high  responsibility,  will  proceed 
in  the  culture  of  the  extensive  field,  which  invites  its  labors; 
cherishing  the  hope,  that  it  will  receive  the  continued  pat- 
ron.-<^e  of  the  Government  under  whose  auspices  it  was  insti- 
tuted, the  aid  of  charitable  and  pious  individuals,  the  co-opera- 
tion of  similar  Societies,  and  the  blessing  of  that  Being,  who, 
when  man  has  planted  and  watered,  giveth  the  increase. 


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STATE    OF    THE    FUNDS,   iWcJ/,    1810. 

Dols.Cts. 
Old  6  per  cent  Stock,  g  1 1000  nominal, 

real  value  April  5,  1810  -         -  5748  60 

Deferred  6  per  cent,  4000  nom.  real  val.      3061  60 
Exchanged  and  converted  6  per  ct.  Stock     5765  62 
Union  Bank  Stock,  nominal  value,  6300,  cost  6713 
Massaclnisetts  State  Notes  -        -  800 

Bonds  and  Mortgages     ...        -      900 


Jticome. 
Dols.Cts. 


528   61 

345  93 
441 
40 

54 


gl409  .U 


late  Set icta- 
lary  sermon. 
1  Society  hy 
f  d  to  the  oc- 
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"  for  the 


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'liis  expe- 
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IS  assisted 
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■f'lconie. 
►oJs.Cts. 

528  61 

345  93 
441 
40 
54 

09  54 


69 

Brought  forward     1409  54 
Donation  from  William  Phillips,  Esq.  to  be  expend- 
ed the  current  year 500 

Received  in  JVovember^   Collection  at  Church  in 

Chuuncey  Place,  after  Annual  Sermon        -        -         248  26 
Received  a  bequest  from  the  late  Mrs.  Lydia  Dawes, 
.    through  the  Executor  of  her  Will,  Benjamin  God- 

dard,  Esq.  -         -         -       .  -        -         -         -         300 

Received  a  Donation,  through  Rev.  Dr.  Lathrop         -       20 


2477  80 


%*  About  four  tenths  of  the  g  1409  annual  income,  arises 
from  a  Donation  of  J.  Alfovd,  Esq.  and  is  appropriated  exclu- 
sively to  the  use  of  the  Indians. 


BOOKS     DISTRIBUTED. 

Since  the  establishment  of  the  Society  in  1787,  they  have  pur- 
chased and  distributed. 

Bibles 1182 

Testaments 1843 

Psalters 945 

Wutts's  Psalms  and  Hymns         ^        -        .        .        .  646 

Primers 3494 

Spelling  books             .--.-..  2741 

Doddridge's  Rise  and  Progress       ....  1393 

Sermons  and  Tracts,  many  of  them  bound  books        -  20305 


Total        32,554 

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  Society,  in  M||f  1809,  voted  to 
expend  one  hundred  dollars  for  the  purchase  of  books  for  dis- 
tribution. 


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70 


MISSlOtfARIES   FOR   A.  JD.    18IU. 


Mhtionaries* 

Mr.  Samuel  Sewall 
Rev.  Hezekiah  May 

—  Daniel  Lovejoy 

Nath'l.  Webster 

—  Curtis  Coe 
Mr.  Amos  J.  Cook 
Rev  John  Sawyer 
.—  John  Sargeant 
— —  Daniel  Oliver 


Placet  of  abode. 

Bath 

Brownsville 

Vassulburough 

Biddeford 

Newcastle 

Fryeburg 

Bangor 

N.Stockbridge 

Boston 


Locations. 


Time 
Months.  W'ks. 


Vicinity  of  Pownal 
Vicinity  of  Brownsville      3 
Vassalboro'iSedgwick  Sec.  4 
Eastport  and  vicinity         3 
Rhode  Island  4 

Vicinity  of  Fryeburg 
Lincolntoi),Elkinston,kc.  3 
New  Stdckbriclgc  12 

W.  parts  of  state  of  N.  Y.  2 


15 


OrriCERS,   ELECTED    MAY    1810. 

William  Phillips,  Esq.  President. 

Rev.  John  Lathrop,  D.  D.  Fice  President. 

Rev.  Ariel  Holmes,  D.  D.  Secretary. 

Rev.  William  Channing,  Assistant  Secretary. 

Mr.  Samuel  H.  Walley,  Treasurer. 

Rev.  John  Eliot,  D.  D.  f^ice  Treasurer. 


SELECT   committee. 

Samuel  Salisbury,  Esq. 
Rev.  Joseph  Eckley,  D.  D. 
Hon.  Dudley  A.  Tyng. 
Hon.  John  Davis. 
Rev.  Jedidiah  Morse,  D.  D. 


.  f  com/ilete  List  of  the  Members  of  the  Society. 

V.B.  The  act  of  incorporation  provides,  that  tiie  whole  number  of  the 
Society  shall  at  no  time,  exceed  fifty  members. 

Tliose  to  vihate  names  an  asteiisk  •  is  prefixed,  are  deceased. 

*  Nathaniel  Appleton,  Esq. 
Rev.  Thomas  Barnard,  D.  D. 
Rev.  Joshua  Bates-. 


71. 


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12 

IV.  2 


of  the 


Alden  Bradford,  Esq. 
Benjamin  Busscy,  Esq. 
»  Rev.  Jeremy  Belknap,  D.  D. 

*  His  Excellency  Junies  Bowdoin,  Esq 
Rev.  Willium  E.  Channing. 

Hon.  Richard  Cranch. 

*  Richard  Cury,  Esq. 

*  Rev.  John  Clark,  D.  D. 
Hon.  Francis  Dana. 
Hon.  John  Davis. 

*  Hon.  Thomas  Duweb. 
Hon.  Thomas  Dawes. 
Rev.  Joseph  Eckley,  D.  D. 
Samuel  Elliot,  Esq. 

Rev.  John  Eliot,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Nathanael  Emmons,  D.  D. 

*  Rev.  Levi  Frisbic. 
David  S.  Greenough,  Esq. 

*  His  Honor  Moses  Gill. 
Rev.  Abiel  Holmes,  D.  D. 
Dr.  Edward  A-  Holyoke. 
Mr.  David  Hyslop. 

*  Rev.  Timothy  Hilliard. 

*  Rev.  Simeon  Howard,  D.  D- 

*  William  Hyslop,  Esq. 
Rev.  James  Kendall. 
Rev.  John  Lathrop,  D.  D. 

*  Thomas  Lee,  Esq, 

*  Rev.  Daniel  Little. 

*  Hon.  Benjamin  Lincoln. 

*  Hon.  John  Lowell. 

Rev.  Jedidiah  Morse,  D.  D. 

*  Hon.  Jonathan  Mi.son. 

*  Rev.  Joseph  Mc  Kean,  D.  D.  Prcs.  of  Bowdoin  Coilopfc 
Rev.  Elijah  Parish,  D.  D. 

Samuel  Parkman,  Esq. 
Eliphalet  Pearson,  LL.  1"). 


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*  lion.  William  PJiillips. 
William  Pliilhps,  Esq. 
Mr.  Jonnthun  Phillips. 

Rev.  Eliphalet  Porter,  D.  D. 

*  Rev.  "hillips  Paynon,  D.  D. 
Daniel  D.  Rogers,  Esq. 

*  Hon.  Thomas  Russell. 
Samuel  Salisbury,  Esq. 
Mr.  Josiuh  Salisbury. 

*  His  Excellency  James  Sullivan. 

*  His  Excellency  Increase  Sumner. 

*  Ebenczer  Storcr,  Esq. 
Hon.  John  Treathvell. 
Hon.  Cotton  Tufts,  M.  D. 
Hon.  Dudley  A.  Tyng. 

*  Rev.  David  Tappan,  D.  D. 
»  Rev.  Peter  Thatcher,  D.  D 

Mr.  Samuel  H.  Wallcy. 
Hon.  Oliver  Wendell. 
James  White,  Esq. 
Ebenezcr  Wight,  Esq. 
Samuel  Williams,  LL.  D. 
Mr.  William  Woodbridge. 

*  Rev.  Joseph  Willard,  D.D.  LL.D.  Prcs.  of  Harv.  Col. 

*  Rev.  Edward  Wiggleswovth,  D.  D.  Hollis  Professor  of 

Divinity  in  Harvard  College. 


FORM  OF  A  BEQUEST,  OR  LEGACY. 

item:  I  give  and  btqueath  the  su?n  of  to  the 

Society  for  Profiagaiing  the  Gosful  among  the  Indians  and  others 
in  J^^rth  America;  to  be  applied  either  to  the  general  objects  of 
tho  Institution,  or  to  such  particular  purposes,  consistent  with 
those  objects,  as  the  donor  may  think  proper. 


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